Re: [Bug-ddrescue] spurious options error- dd_rescue

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Hello Geoffrey,

Geoffrey Jacobs wrote:
> address@hidden:~$ sudo dd_rescue /dev/sdb /dev/sdc/ hdimg
> [sudo] password for user:
> dd_rescue: (fatal): spurious options: hdimg ...

You are running the old dd_rescue instead of GNU ddrescue. Try getting 
ddrescue from here[1] or from your distro's repository, but be aware 
that on Debian the package name is gddrescue.

[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html

Regards,
Antonio.