Lowell Gilbert wrote:
Huh, you learn something new every day. Actually dd_rescue looks closer to dd conv=noerror,sync since it replaces input errors with NULs.Matt Navarre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Now, on to the damaged sectors, how to recover the data? dd stops when
it hits bad blocks, so we can't use that to copy the slice. same with
dump(8) as far as I can tell. So. Download dd_rescue from
http://www.garlof.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/
Just out of interest: how is that different than "dd conv=noerror"?
Anyway dd_rescue worked for me, tho I suspect that dd would have worked also, if I'd read the manpage closer. But, hey, Bad Disk + No Backups = Major Freakout Mode.
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