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Re: DDRESCUE examples in the GNU website + 1 kind question

by Antonio Diaz Diaz :: Rate this Message:

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Hello Reon,

Reon Toerien wrote:
> As far as I'm aware Antonio is looking into the skip ahead size option,
> there has been a few back & forward mails about such a feature in the last
> two weaks so maybe read the other topics in this mailing list.

I have just announced[1] 1.15-pre2 which includes the new option "-a,
--min-read-rate" for skipping over slow areas. Currently ddrescue uses
the same jumping algorithm for slow areas and damaged areas. Lets see
how well it works before adding yet another option.
[1]https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ddrescue/2011-10/msg00004.html


> I asked about a reverse read a long time ago but I cannot remember the
> replies.

Reverse read is implemented since version 1.14-pre2 (2010-11-27).
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ddrescue/2010-11/msg00010.html


Best regards,
Antonio.

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