3t$1@xivic.prima.de
From: Wolfgang.Schelongowski@gmx.de
Jim Beard writes:
>On 04/19/2013 09:11 AM, Daniel47@teranews.com wrote:
>> Wolfgang Schelongowski wrote:
>>> "Daniel47@teranews.com" writes:
>>>
>>> [saving a 'broken' partition/disk]
>>> You want to use dd_rescue instead of dd AND send all its
>>> (error-)messages into a file. RTFM of dd_rescue first, of course.
>>
>> Wolfgang, firstly, I have my Home (sda8) up and running again, so
>> do I really need dd_rescue?? I was just meaning to use the dd
>> command to copy my sda drive to a spare (sdb) drive, as a back-up.
When terminating, dd issues a message about how many blocks were
copied. How did your "dd > I tried man dd_rescue but was told "No manual entry for dd_rescue".
>
>As mentioned elsewhere, there seem to be three versions of dd
>rescue, and whichever you use you will have to install it. It is
>not installed by default, but is available in the Mandriva
>repositories.
>
>The problem with dd is that it chokes when it encounters bad
>sectors.
Chokes? That's not strong enough - dd *dies* on encountering the first
bad sector.[1]
> The dd rescue versions deal with such problems, with
>what each will do in specific circumstances differing.
Oh dear. I suggest to create one dd_rescue to end all dd_rescues :-^)
>--
>UNIX is not user unfriendly; it merely
> expects users to be computer-friendly.
OTOH, I agree. OTOH I find Norman's "The Trouble with UNIX" in
Datamation 1980 valueable advice. If right people had listened
to it and acted accordingly, Microsoft would have been a practically
unknown company by (say) 1994. OTGH - say la vee!
[1] Since "dies" is a four letter word, it should be strong enough.
--
The first entry of Sin into the mind occurs when, out of cowardice or
conformity or vanity, the Real is replaced by a comforting lie.
-- Integritas, Consonantia, Claritas
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
|
