Hi,

On 2016-12-01 09:38:00, Holger Granholm wrote to Wilfred Van Velzen:
  about: "Re: Diskcopy":

 KR>> dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/dev/fd1

 WV>> You better add 'conv=noerrors,sync' to that if you want a better
 WV>> chance to end up with a usable disk in case of read errors!

 WV>> Or even better use 'ddrescue' if you suspect there will be bad
 WV>> source disks...

 HG> How much of those commands are available on a *nix demo CD?

I don't know what you mean with '*nix demo CD'. *nix doesn't translate to
linux! ;)

But 'dd' should be available on any. 'ddrescue' is less common. And on my
distribution it's named 'gnu_ddrescue', and not installed by default...

Bye, Wilfred.


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