Re: [bug-ddrescue] domain map file cannot just be "valid" areas

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Shaya Potter wrote:
> so in my process of trying to recover an ntfs file system with mft
> segments extremely difficult to read.  my process is to find the 1024
> byte block in the mft that is causing problems and add that to my
> "loose" domain map file.  The problem I have is, those elements still
> have to be in order.  Which is doable, but somewhat annoying (I do
> figure I could probably sort it after I add elements).  Perhaps it be
> a win for "loose" domain map files to also allow segments to be out of
> order not just gaps?

I have looked at it and I think that accepting a domain mapfile made of 
unordered (but non overlapping) blocks is doable without affecting the 
reading of normal mapfiles.

This feature will be surely present in the next version of ddrescue, to be 
released in a week or so. Stay tuned.


Best regards,
Antonio.