Number of disk sectors could be specified to ddrescue?
On 05/02/16 17:25, Antonio Diaz Diaz wrote: > Hello Paul, > > Paul L Daniels wrote: >> I often get drives that will show up as a device (ie, /dev/sdc) >> including the model number of the drive, but because linux tries to >> load the partition table of the drive when it detects it, it results in >> a mess and subsequently you cannot access it via ddrescue. >> >> Does anyone know of a way to tell linux not to load the partition >> table, or treat the drive as a raw binary device > > I do not have an answer to your question, but I think that if a device > (e.g., /dev/sdc) can't be accessed because of the data it contains, then > this is a bug in linux. > > > Best regards, > Antonio. > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-ddrescue mailing list > Bug-ddrescue@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue _______________________________________________ Bug-ddrescue mailing list Bug-ddrescue@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue