On Wed, 07 Aug 2013 16:05:19 +0200 Antonio Diaz Diaz <[email protected]> wrote:
> GNU ddrescue 1.18-pre1 is ready for testing here > http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-1.18-pre1.tar.lz > > The sha1sum is: > 92cdd452fbdb31e0eb95623251a608474c85e5de ddrescue-1.18-pre1.tar.lz > > Please, test it and report any bugs you find. Using gnuplot, I just wanted to demonstrate how well using the rate data can show up a weak read zone, even if it's just for 1 second across a 500GB drive, despite it not reporting a read error ( I've found from experience that failing sectors usually aren't far off once you start having weak/slow read zones ) Compare - http://dxp.me/i/SG500.png to - http://dxp.me/i/SG500bad.png Tested with--- ~/ddrescue-1.18-pre1$ sudo ddrescue --log-rates=SG500rates.log -v -f /dev/sdg /dev/null test1.log Generated using--- # gnuplot Terminal type set to 'wxt' gnuplot> plot "SG500rates.log" using 2:3 with lines -- Computer Repairs for Charters towers - http://ctpc.biz A.B.N. 19 500 721 806 _______________________________________________ Bug-ddrescue mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue
