I believe "-dr9" in the example is equivalent to "-d -r9", i.e. "--idirect --retry-passes=9".
Robert Trevellyan 518 392 0846 https://trevellyan.biz On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 3:39 AM, Анонимный отправитель <ad...@ya.ru> wrote: > Hello, Prashant Subbarao and Antonio Diaz Diaz! > I have news for the latest bug reports. My message is at the bottom of > this letter. > ----- Original Message ----- > Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2016 7:00 PM > > Send Bug-ddrescue mailing list submissions to > > bug-ddrescue@gnu.org > > 1. possible bug on GNU ddrescue (Prashant Subbarao) > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 17:17:35 -0400 > > From: Prashant Subbarao <psubba...@gmail.com> > > To: bug-ddrescue@gnu.org > > Subject: [Bug-ddrescue] possible bug on GNU ddrescue > > Message-ID: > > <CAGiHTH4W4qCDLWKZ+it1TU=3o3uObS=9+ozdi2romwbqvdd...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > Dear Mr. Antonio Diaz Diaz or To Whom It May Concern: > > Following the instructions on the man page ( > > > https://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/manual/ddrescue_manual.html#Fill-mode > ), > > I am attempting to use GNU ddrescue to fill the bad sectors in my > recovered > > hard disk with a random string, "RMEUHEJB", that I have put into a > tmpfile. > > prashant@PS-desktop:~/Desktop$ printf "RMEUHEJB" > tmpfile > > prashant@PS-desktop:~/Desktop$ sudo ddrescue --fill-mode=l- tmpfile > /dev/sdc rescue.JustPlusMinus.log > > *ddrescue: unrecognized option `--fill-mode=l-'* > > *Try `ddrescue --help' for more information.* > > I get the error above (emphasis added for clarity). I copied and pasted > the > > command straight from the man page, only changing the target device and > > mapfile; so I don't think I made a mistake in the execution of the > command. > > Can you please advise me? I really appreciate your help and prompt > > attention to this. > > Best Regards, > > Prashant Subbarao > > I may help in this case. Reading carefully the manual, we find the correct > usage examples for --fill-mode: > The fill mode has a number of uses. See the following examples: > Example 1: Mark parts of the rescued copy to allow finding them when > examined in an hex editor. > For example, the following command line fills all blocks marked as '-' > (bad-sector) with copies of the string 'BAD SECTOR ': > printf "BAD SECTOR " > tmpfile > ddrescue --fill-mode=- tmpfile outfile mapfile > Example 2: Wipe only the good sectors, leaving the bad sectors alone. > This way, the drive will still test bad (i.e., with unreadable sectors). > This is the fastest way of wiping a failing drive, and is specially useful > when sending the drive back to the manufacturer for warranty replacement. > ddrescue --fill-mode=+ --force /dev/zero bad_drive mapfile > Example 3: Force the drive to remap the bad sectors, making it usable > again. If the drive has only a few bad sectors, and they are not caused by > drive age, you can probably just rewrite those sectors, and the drive will > reallocate them automatically to new "spare" sectors that it keeps for just > this purpose. WARNING! This may not work on your drive. > ddrescue --fill-mode=- -f --synchronous /dev/zero bad_drive mapfile > > So, for your purpose, Prashant, you should use the following command lines: > printf "RMEUHEJB" > tmpfile > sudo ddrescue --fill-mode=- tmpfile /dev/sdc rescue.JustPlusMinus.log > > Antonio, there is really a BUG in the following one line of the online > manual, there should be "-" (minus) instead of "l-" (L minus): > https://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/manual/ddrescue_manual.html#Fill-mode > - Example 4 > ddrescue --fill-mode=l- tmpfile cdimage mapfile > should be: > ddrescue --fill-mode=- tmpfile cdimage mapfile > > One more issue - I can not understand the option "-dr9" in the following > line of the online manual: > ddrescue -b2048 -i0x12345000 -s2048 -dr9 /dev/cdrom cdimage mapfile > Is it meaningful, or is it just another misprint/mistake in the manual? > _______________________________________________ > 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