Re: [Bug-ddrescue] Quick question about -c parameter

[David Burton]

I see that I'm not the only one wondering about this:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/245471/which-sector-size-shall-i-choose-to-run-ddrescue-with-direct-access-on-an-advanc


Are you active on StackExchange? You could post an answer, if you are.

Or I could do it, if you'd like.

Best regards,
Dave



On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 11:22 AM David Burton <address@hidden> wrote:

> Also, what should the -b sector size
> <http://archive.is/TDPbg#selection-1013.0-1031.165> be for such a drive?
> 512 or 4096?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Dave
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 8, 2019 at 7:26 PM David Burton <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Oops, it seems that I sent this to an obsolete email address.  Trying a
>> couple of other ones...
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: David Burton <address@hidden>
>> Date: Sat, Jun 8, 2019 at 7:23 PM
>> Subject: Quick question about -c parameter
>> To: Antonio Diaz Diaz <address@hidden>
>>
>>
>> Dear Antonio,
>>
>> It has been a very long time since we've corresponded. I hope you are
>> well!
>>
>> I have a quick question about the -c parameter
>> <http://archive.is/TDPbg#selection-1046.3-1073.179> to ddrescue. When
>> recovering data from a drive with 512-byte logical sectors but 4096-byte
>> physical sectors, which of those does the -c parameter specify?  If I want
>> it to read 4K at a time should I specify -c1 or -c8 ?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Dave
>>
>>