DSL Ideas and Suggestions :: dd_rescue and dd_rhelp

There is only so many hours in a day. In time.
I just completed 1.3 and there is 14 line items in the change log.

I wouldn't call this a high priority request.

I assume that the problem can be easily worked around by simply installing the gnu utils mydsl extension.

Quote (cbagger01 @ July 08 2005,00:05)

ddrescue or dd_rescue is nice, but it should not be added to the base distro because the base distro does not have the regular "GNU dd" command installed by default.

To me, it makes little sense why you would have a specialized recovery tool (ddrescue) for damaged disk drives as part of the base livecd when the original base tool (GNU dd) is not included in the base livecd in order to save space.

One good reason to have ddrescue in the base distro is that when you're presented with a machine that needs rescuing, you don't always have network access. Downloading a mydsl extension might not be an option.

(Cbagger01: As a nice side effect, I believe ddrescue doesn't have the 2GB limit of BusyBox dd, so including it should allow you to manipulate your large files.)

--B

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