Unfortunately, if you did not specify a mapfile, then there is no mapfile being written, and if you have to quit ddrescue it will start over from scratch.
Robert Trevellyan On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 4:32 PM David Morrison <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a disk recovery under way. I used this command on a Mac: > > sudo ddrescue -f -r3 /dev/disk2 /dev/disk1 > > However, I forgot to put a mapfile name. So, a few questions: > > 1. Where is the mapfile being written? Can I recover it? > > 2. Since mapfile is an essential argument to the command, could it be > writing the mapfile on /dev/disk1? Aarrgghh!!! > > If the latter (and I hope not), could I suggest some more rigorous > checking of arguments might be desirable. As it is, I have > potentially wasted 15 hours of copying of a disk with lots of read > errors. :-( > > 3. If I need to interrupt a ddrescue run, is it ok to CTRL/C it, then > start running it again later, assuming there is actually a mapfile > somewhere? (I have tradesmen coming today who may need to turn the > power off.) > > Thanks > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-ddrescue mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue > _______________________________________________ Bug-ddrescue mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue
