Re: dd_rescue No additional sense
On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 19:17 +0100, Jon Dowland wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 07:33:13AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > I would copy the files (tar) instead of running some dd command. If it
> > fails to copy a file, you could try again, just for this file. Broken
> > drives tend to fail ;) and sometimes they need to rest some days before
> > going on or a clap to release the heads.
>
> Read up on dd_rescue. It's much more reliable at recovering data than
> any tool that relies on the filesystem being interpretable, such as tar.
>
>
Flagged this email. No time to read about dd_rescue now. Btw. I was
mistaken, I didn't run tar, but cp for broken disks.
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