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On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 01:25:50PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 11/12/2016 12:26 PM, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> >Le 12/11/2016 à 18:22, Richard Owlett a écrit :
> >>
> ddrescue /dev/sda /mnt/defective_drive.img
> /mnt/defective_drive.log
>
On Sun 13 Nov 2016 at 08:54:05 +1300, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote:
> On 13/11/16 08:25, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >I've gone to lenghts to defeat Debian's attempts to out-M$ Wm Gates.
>
> Redmond is now our ally against the closed garden at Cupertino, with cloud
> image support, open-sourced language
On 13/11/16 08:25, Richard Owlett wrote:
I've gone to lenghts to defeat Debian's attempts to out-M$ Wm Gates.
Redmond is now our ally against the closed garden at Cupertino, with
cloud image support, open-sourced language platforms, and even Ubuntu
integration on the desktop.
We've always
On 11/12/2016 12:26 PM, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
Le 12/11/2016 à 18:22, Richard Owlett a écrit :
ddrescue /dev/sda /mnt/defective_drive.img
/mnt/defective_drive.log
(...)
Can this be run as a user, or are root permissions required.
Unless the user has read permission on the raw device, it
Le 12/11/2016 à 18:22, Richard Owlett a écrit :
ddrescue /dev/sda /mnt/defective_drive.img /mnt/defective_drive.log
(...)
Can this be run as a user, or are root permissions required.
Unless the user has read permission on the raw device, it must be run as
root.
My defective drive is
On 11/12/2016 2:29 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 11/12/2016 1:31 AM, Christian Seiler wrote:
On 11/11/2016 10:38 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
I was wondering about that.
https://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/manual/ddrescue_manual.html
is
not first time user friendly. Will re-read after a good
On 11/11/2016 10:45 PM, Andy Smith wrote:
Hi Richard,
On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 03:31:21PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
How big might the logfile be when trying to recover a known flaky 300
GB drive. I've lots of space? Some convienient, some not.
TL;DR: this depends on how many bad sectors
On 11/11/2016 10:38 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I was wondering about that.
> https://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/manual/ddrescue_manual.html is
> not first time user friendly. Will re-read after a good night's
> sleep. Will also look for appropriate tutorials. Suggestions?
Well, I would
Hi Richard,
On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 03:31:21PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> How big might the logfile be when trying to recover a known flaky 300
> GB drive. I've lots of space? Some convienient, some not.
TL;DR: this depends on how many bad sectors you expect to find. If
the number is likely
On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 10:49:37AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I had been removed after becoming unreliable.
Sorry to hear that. Advanced years don't come on their own, do they?
(Sorry, couldn't resist it)
On 11/11/2016 11:49 AM, Nicolas George wrote:
Le primidi 21 brumaire, an CCXXV, Andy Smith a écrit :
You are better off using GNU ddrescue for taking images of
possibly-failing devices.
IIRC, there is a catch there: there is another program with a very
similar name that does not work the same
On 11/11/2016 12:13 PM, The Wanderer wrote:
On 2016-11-11 at 12:37, Christian Seiler wrote:
Hi,
Am 11. November 2016 17:57:27 MEZ, schrieb Andy Smith
:
Hi Richard,
On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 10:49:37AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
I was considering using dd to copy the
On 2016-11-11 at 12:37, Christian Seiler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am 11. November 2016 17:57:27 MEZ, schrieb Andy Smith
> :
>
>> Hi Richard,
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 10:49:37AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>
>>> I was considering using dd to copy the entire drive to a
>>>
Le primidi 21 brumaire, an CCXXV, Andy Smith a écrit :
> You are better off using GNU ddrescue for taking images of
> possibly-failing devices.
IIRC, there is a catch there: there is another program with a very
similar name that does not work the same way. Be careful when installing
it.
>
Hi,
Am 11. November 2016 17:57:27 MEZ, schrieb Andy Smith :
>Hi Richard,
>
>On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 10:49:37AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> I was considering using dd to copy the entire drive to a *SINGLE*
>> partition of a 1 TB drive with the intention making a "byte
Hi Richard,
On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 10:49:37AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I was considering using dd to copy the entire drive to a *SINGLE*
> partition of a 1 TB drive with the intention making a "byte perfect"
> of of the defective drive to a new 300 GB drive at a later time to
> then
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