RE: ddrescue - disk 2 disk (ntfs)

[David Morrison]

At 1:27 +0200 29/4/21, Radomir Tomis wrote:
> The free space on the drive holding the mapfile was only ~44 kB (copying 1
> TB *disk device* to 1 TB *file system*, you know ...), the mapfile itself
> was ~134 kB.
> But there was no "Error writing mapfile 'mapfile': No space left on device"

Disk recovery is a time-consuming process, and we often only get one 
chance at it. I cannot imagine why anyone would risk failure by 
putting the mapfile on a disk that is already full. Apart from 
anything else, operating systems often perform poorly when a disk is 
more than about 80% full.

Cheers

David