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Re: Invoking ddrescue

From <tomas@tuxteam.de>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Invoking ddrescue
Date 2016-11-13 13:00 +0100
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On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 09:05:17PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 11/12/2016 2:57 PM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> >[*SNIP*]
> >Those steps are a rough sketch. Many details already flew back
> >and forth in this thread, so I didn't want to bloat the thing
> >too much. Feel free to ask where things are unclear.
> >
> 
> I'm tangled up !! I plead for 5 or 6 lines to copy-n-paste.
> On my left hand I have a defective hard disk - AKA /dev/sdc .
> On my right hand I have a partitioned device waiting for data - AKA
> /dev/sdb6 .
> Automount has been disabled explicitly.
> I have been EXPLICITLY told that ddrescue is the appropriate tool.
> Reading
> https://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/manual/ddrescue_manual.html
> and a half dozen "tutorials" convinces me of that. Clear
> explanations given in those documents why dd and other tools *NOT*
> suitable for my circumstances.
> 
> 
> How do I prepare to invoke
>    ddrescue /dev/sdc /mnt/repaired.img /mnt/repaired.log

That sounds about right. Problem is... I haven't used ddrescue (yet),
but only dd -- so better wait for more ddrescue-savvy folks to chime
in for the gory details.

Going by the ddrescue manual [1], your command line looks pretty
sane to me.

Regards
[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/manual/ddrescue_manual.html#Invoking-ddrescue

- -- tomás
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Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2016-11-11 18:00 +0100
  Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program Christian Seiler <christian@iwakd.de> - 2016-11-11 18:40 +0100
    Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2016-11-11 19:20 +0100
      Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-11 22:40 +0100
        Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2016-11-12 05:50 +0100
          Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-12 09:20 +0100
  Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2016-11-11 19:00 +0100
    Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-11 22:40 +0100
      Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program Christian Seiler <christian@iwakd.de> - 2016-11-12 08:40 +0100
        Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-12 09:30 +0100
          Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-12 18:30 +0100
            Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-11-12 19:30 +0100
              Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-12 20:30 +0100
                Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2016-11-12 21:00 +0100
                Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-12 21:10 +0100
                Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-12 22:00 +0100
                Invoking ddrescue Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-13 04:10 +0100
                Re: Invoking ddrescue "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2016-11-13 13:00 +0100
                Re: Invoking ddrescue <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-13 13:10 +0100
                Re: Invoking ddrescue <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-13 13:00 +0100
                Re: Invoking ddrescue "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2016-11-13 13:40 +0100
                Re: Invoking ddrescue Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-11-13 13:50 +0100
                Re: Invoking ddrescue Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2016-11-13 14:00 +0100
                Re: Invoking ddrescue "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2016-11-13 14:40 +0100
                Re: Invoking ddrescue Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-11-13 15:10 +0100
                Re: Invoking ddrescue "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2016-11-13 16:10 +0100
                Re: Invoking ddrescue Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-13 17:30 +0100
                Re: Invoking ddrescue Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-13 15:20 +0100
                Progress report Re: Invoking ddrescue Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-14 20:20 +0100
                Re: Progress report Re: Invoking ddrescue Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2016-11-14 21:20 +0100
                Re: Progress report Re: Invoking ddrescue Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-14 22:00 +0100
                Re: Progress report Re: Invoking ddrescue <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-14 21:30 +0100
                Re: Progress report Re: Invoking ddrescue Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-14 22:20 +0100
                Re: Progress report Re: Invoking ddrescue "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2016-11-14 21:30 +0100
                Re: Progress report Re: Invoking ddrescue Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-14 22:10 +0100
                Re: Progress report Re: Invoking ddrescue Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-11-17 20:20 +0100
                SUCESS!!! - was [Re: Progress report Re: Invoking ddrescue] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-14 23:40 +0100
                Re: SUCESS!!! - was [Re: Progress report Re: Invoking ddrescue] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-15 00:30 +0100
                Re: SUCESS!!! - was [Re: Progress report Re: Invoking ddrescue] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-15 04:00 +0100
                Re: SUCESS!!! - was [Re: Progress report Re: Invoking ddrescue] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-15 21:00 +0100
                Re: SUCESS!!! - was [Re: Progress report Re: Invoking ddrescue] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-11-15 22:00 +0100
                Re: SUCESS!!! - was [Re: Progress report Re: Invoking ddrescue] "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2016-11-15 12:50 +0100
                Re: SUCESS!!! - was [Re: Progress report Re: Invoking ddrescue] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-15 13:30 +0100
                Re: SUCESS!!! - was [Re: Progress report Re: Invoking ddrescue] "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2016-11-15 13:50 +0100
                Re: SUCESS!!! - was [Re: Progress report Re: Invoking ddrescue] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-15 13:50 +0100
                Re: SUC[C]ESS!!! - was [Re: Progress report Re: Invoking ddrescue] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-11-15 16:30 +0100
                Re: SUCESS!!! - was [Re: Progress report Re: Invoking ddrescue] "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2016-11-15 17:20 +0100
                Re: SUCESS!!! - was [Re: Progress report Re: Invoking ddrescue] Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-15 17:30 +0100

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