From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=toccata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1799Wa-0003RA-00 for ; Sat, 18 May 2002 15:05:52 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.rednote.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4IJ5rV03451 for ; Sat, 18 May 2002 15:05:53 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.rednote.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 15:05:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.rednote.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: possible sollution In-Reply-To: <002301c1fe93$81bbca20$02263e18@mycomputer> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: Do a Google search for rawfd. On Sat, 18 May 2002, Igor Gueths wrote: > 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? > ----- Original Message ----- > 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 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Igor Gueths" > > To: > > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 3:34 PM > > Subject: possible sollution > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org