-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 09:05:17PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 11/12/2016 2:57 PM, to...@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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlgoVOEACgkQBcgs9XrR2kb78wCfQy+xgvHizbvHvAmmt0gLrDaH OPYAnigypVBMmd+CTV5bsrsb0ZWG7gDI =Nz9z -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
