> I've been using dd with =conv=noerror,sync to copy disks, but am Please use dd_rescue, it's been made for a very good reason (being that dd doesn't do the job as needed to recover maximum data, and preferably at maximum speed). The SUSE one is very good (from some @suse.de), there's another one with the same name for which I can't speak. You get a sparse file as output.
> > > Tried that, but it won't actually update the disk. Does Knoppix do > > > some weird write protect?? Almost certainly not, but your bios will if set to "protect mbr". This is a good time to remind everyone that the output of fdisk -l, followed by the output of fdisk -lu, kept safely on a piece of paper WILL save your bum one day. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
