On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 17:51:19 -0700, Grant wrote:

> # ddrescue -d -r3 /dev/sdb usb.img usb.log
> [...]
> Ah, I got it, I just needed to specify the offset when mounting.

Tht's because you ran ddrescue on the whole stick and not the partition
containing the filesystem.

> Thank you so much everyone.  Many hours of work went into the file I
> just recovered.
> 
> So I'm done with NTFS forever.  Will ext2 somehow allow me to use the
> USB stick across Gentoo systems without permission/ownership problems?

That depends on whether you use the same UID on each system. If not,
mounting with umask=0 will make everything world writeable.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Windows95: <win-doz-nin-te-fiv> n.  32 bit extensions and a graphical
shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded
for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that can't stand
1 bit of competition.

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