Re: [Bug-ddrescue] Can ddrescue use "ddrescue output" as input?

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Hello Jaime.

Jaime T wrote:
> I discovered that when I used ddrescue to make the images of my 3
> "broken" dvds, I omitted to include a size parameter so I started
> getting "length-type errors" when I swapped disks (ddrescue would say
> something like "logfile entry starts after the end of the domain" but
> I can't remember the exact error).

I think this problem is fixed in ddrescue 1.17. You can find an 
explanation in this thread[1].

"A CD-R disc written in Track-At-Once mode has two unreadable run-out
blocks at the end of the track. Linux seems to shrink the reported
length of the track when reading the last sectors of a track fails. If
this happens, ddrescue cannot be restarted (it reports that the input
file is shorter than the log data)."

[1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ddrescue/2012-06/msg00007.html


> I feel so deeply indebted to all the people who've contributed to
> ddrescue: I'm amazed that it's turned 3 illegible disks into a perfect
> iso file, and I am a very grateful and happy man. Thank you again.

You are welcome. And I am glad that you could recover your photos. :-)


Best regards,
Antonio.