[ubuntu-za] ISO image

Hannes Coetzee scorpking at scorpking.za.org
Fri Jan 8 16:38:14 GMT 2010


Chris Schoonbee wrote:
>> If you get a lot of I/O Errors use ddrescue from 
>> http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html , NOT the one in the 
>> repo's as they are not the same. To use it run ddrescue /dev/scd0 
>> image.iso logfile.log .If you use a log you will be able to stop it and 
>> continue later. It has a lot of options and there's not much it won't copy.
>>
>>   
>>     
> Hannes, I am just curious why you say NOT to use the ddrescue provided 
> in the repo's.  I have not used either one but from the package 
> description, it seems as if the repo package would do the trick.  Is 
> there a potential problem with it?
>
>   
If I remember correctly the one in the repo's can't use log files.

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