[cctalk] Re: Disk imaging n00b

On Thu, Nov 03, 2022 at 03:07:00PM -0600, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: [...] I am (slowly) on my way to use ddrescue for similar thing(s). caveat 1: I have not used ddrescue yet, just read a bit and was convinced I may like it. pro: ddrescue is said to be able to read image many times, trying only what have failed before, merging results from various trials etc. So, in theory, try same media in two drives, merge two images. In theory, this might work with any block device under Linux (Unix?). pro: While reading about ddrescue, I have learned that dd might abort on error, this resulting in defective/uncompleted image. Whereas ddrescue retries. caveat n+1: see caveat n-1 -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** ** ** ** Tomasz Rola mailto:tomasz_rola@bigfoot.com **