brent saner on 30 Apr 2008 07:07:53 -0700 |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Mark Baker wrote: | I wouldn't worry about taxing the drive. I would get the data off as | soon as possible. I have had very good results with dd_rescue. In my | opinion it is one of the best tools out there. When you have a server | go down due to a drive failure & in a moment of panic realize that the | backups havent been running on that server.... dd_rescue will save | your butt every time. | | http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/ | | Mark | might want to use the revamped and recoded/newer version: http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html (yes, they're different projects. no, the underscore is not the only difference.) ddcfldd is also a great alternative, although centered more towards forensics than it is recovery. - -- brent saner. gpg info at http://www.notebookarmy.org/gpg.txt (this is a shorter sig.) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIGH0l8u2Zh4MtlQoRA40dAJ9Tx5Nf7m8nYbMwFjH2tBchnSB+LQCgmKmT Q06jv5VVRvLOh6r1mMQDaCw= =BGLc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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