On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 16:21, Michael Hennebry wrote: > > >cp /dev/fd0 floppy.on.hard ? > > > > It can be different if you are coping with errors, and need to do it by > > sectors. > > dd if=/dev/fd0 of=floppy.on.hard noerror what_other_options ? > > Would bad sectors read as 0s? Dd normally exits on errors, but you can use the skip option to try to get subsequent parts. You might try ddrescue: http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html > One of the things that info dd does not make > clear is what affect, if any, the block options > have on what is physically written to a device. > What effect, if any, does the input block size > (physical or ibs) have on the output? The block size options are mostly needed for tapes where the read()/write() size must match the physical block size set on the device or it won't work at all. On other devices it might make a difference in speed. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
