On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Pádraig Brady wrote:
Randy Wyatt wrote:
> Why not use dd? if you are replacing a drive with a similar drive, dd
> is perfect.
dd is not great when used with a failing drive.
Try ddrescue instead.
s/dd/dd_/ -- contrary to logic, ddrescue and dd_rescue are, in fact,
different projects, and it appears we only have dd_rescue in Fedora.
(Interestingly enough, they both seem to be currently maintained, and
ddrescue was actually last updated 11 days ago. Huh.)
Jima