Hi,
in some situations, the following option would be useful:
-m, --merge=logfile replace error areas by good areas from infile
Usage: ddrescue --merge=new.log new.img old.img old.log
Function: For each error area ('-') in old.log, check whether it
overlaps with a good area ('+') in new.log. If this is the case, copy
the overlapped area from new.img to old.img and update old.log accordingly.
Example 1: Merge two images from independent rescue efforts to get a
"best of" result :-)
# ddrescue --merge try2.log try2.img try1.img try1.log
Example 2: Continue rescue somewhere without the need to transfer large
image files:
office# ddrescue bad_disk new_disk disk.log
Mail disk.log to home.
home# mv disk.log repair.log
home# ddrescue -r 100 bad_disk repair.img repair.log
home# bzip2 repair.img
Mail repair.log and repair.img.bz2 back to office.
office# ddrescue -m repair.log repair.img new_disk disk.log
Example 3: Request "repair blocks" from someone who has another copy of
a CD/DVD.
Works like example 2.
Thanks for any comment.
Regards,
Christian
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