Re: [Bug-ddrescue] Tip: Improving recovery chances with Seagate "F3" models

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Hello Franc,

Franc Zabkar wrote:
> The fix could be incorporated into ddrescue,

As you already know[1], one of the great strengths of ddrescue is that 
it is interface-agnostic, and so can be used for any kind of device 
supported by your kernel.

The fix you link to seems to affect just some newer Royl WD drives and 
seems to imply the overwriting of the drive firmware. I think such fix 
is out of the scope of a tool like ddrescue.

[1]http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/manual/ddrescue_manual.html#Introduction


> or it could be implemented 
> as a small helper application. However, it requires a little knowledge 
> of WD's Vendor Specific Commands, or access to certain commercial tools.

It would be ideal if every drive came with a complete and free firmware 
tool, but meanwhile probably the most practical solution is to manually 
apply the fix as described in your link, and buying a drive without this 
problem next time.


Regards,
Antonio.