I am pleased to announce the release of GNU ddrescue 1.29.1.
GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool. It copies data from one file or block
device to another, trying to rescue the good parts first in case of read
errors. Ddrescue recommends lziprecover, whose data recovery capabilities
complement those of ddrescue.
The ddrescue package also includes ddrescuelog, an auxiliary tool that
manipulates ddrescue mapfiles, shows mapfile contents, converts mapfiles
to/from other formats, compares mapfiles, tests rescue status, and can
delete a mapfile if the rescue is done.
The homepage is at http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html
The sources can be downloaded from http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/ddrescue/
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ or from your favorite
GNU mirror.
The sha256sum is:
ddd7d45df026807835a2ec6ab9c365df2ef19e8de1a50ffe6886cd391e04dd75
ddrescue-1.29.1.tar.lz
This release is also GPG signed. You can download the signature by appending
'.sig' to the URL. If the 'gpg --verify' command fails because you don't
have the required public key, then run this command to import it:
gpg --recv-keys 8FE99503132D7742
Key fingerprint = 1D41 C14B 272A 2219 A739 FA4F 8FE9 9503 132D 7742
Changes in version 1.29.1:
* The new option '--bad-sector-data=<file>' has been added. It makes
ddrescue treat as a read error any sector containing the same data as
<file>. This is useful when the drive, instead of signaling a read error,
returns known garbage data (different for each drive model). If you need to
use this option, it means that the failing drive lacks adequate integrity
checking. (Suggested by Eliyahu Saks).
* It has been documented in the manual the way of extending outfile to
the size of the partition when using option '--domain-mapfile'. (Reported by
Bret Quigley II).
Please send bug reports and suggestions to bug-ddres...@gnu.org
Regards,
Antonio Diaz, GNU ddrescue author and maintainer.
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If you found ddrescue useful, you may also like lzip:
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip_benchmark.html
