From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rwcrmhc54.attbi.com ([216.148.227.87]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1798Ge-0003E2-00 for ; Sat, 18 May 2002 13:45:20 -0400 Received: from mycomputer ([24.62.38.156]) by rwcrmhc54.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020518174452.BRZL14522.rwcrmhc54.attbi.com@mycomputer> for ; Sat, 18 May 2002 17:44:52 +0000 Message-ID: <002301c1fe93$81bbca20$02263e18@mycomputer> From: "Igor Gueths" To: References: <000d01c1fdd9$cbb127c0$02263e18@mycomputer> <05e101c1fdf2$107ec160$6401a8c0@6S4X011> Subject: Re: possible sollution Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 13:43:22 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hey Erik. Isn't this what dd does? You also need to image all the bad = sectors as well, this would mean stripping out any crc checking. I've = heard of rawfdcmd, but couldn't find it. Anyone know where I can get the = sources or compiled binaries for rawfdcmd?=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Erik Heil To: Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 6:27 PM Subject: Re: possible sollution > Hey Igor, > What you may want to look at is just doing a dump of the disk, byte by = byte. > What I'm thinking of is a utility that uses /dev/fd0 or another mount = point > as input and then will write the results to standard output. Sort of = like a > bin or raw image in other words. Such a utility would not be hard at = all to > construct. Problem is, I'll have to find the time to write it. = Anyone > wanna work on this project? Ether e-mail Igor igueths@attbi.com or me = at > eheil@rcn.com. > --Erik >=20 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Igor Gueths" > To: > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 3:34 PM > Subject: possible sollution >=20 >=20 > Hi all. I know I posted and suggested to take this off-list, but I = thought I > would get it out there anyway. What we ultimately need is a utility = that > would create bin images, because you want to preserve disk integrity. > Teledisk doesn't work, because it seems to just duplicate the files, = and it > won't duplicate the bad sectors. It terminates with a data crc error. > Sollution: Create bin image of entire auth disk, use a utlity similar = to > rawrite under Linux to write the disk. My e-mail address is > igueths@attbi.com if anyone wants to write me privately on this. >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup