11 Apr
2002
11 Apr
'02
2:06 p.m.
On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Christopher Smith wrote:
is "bad" (scratched, or what not), a smaller
block size (1 ;) may
help you get more good data at the expense of some speed. You
That's an exercise in understatement if I ever heard one.
can also use the conv=noerror option to ignore read
errors if you
really want whatever data you can get.
Um, I've not been successful with that option in Linux or in NetBSD.
I've tried it reading from damaged tape and from damaged CD media. dd
will keep trying... to read the same unreadable block.
If I missed the way around that, I'd really like to know.
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