Re: [Bug-ddrescue] how to rescue floppy disks?

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

fctk86 wrote:
> i'm using ddrescue-1.7 in order to backup lots of old 3.5" floppy disks 
> and i'd like to make the process as efficient as possible.

In my system the fastest settings when reading from error free discs 
with ddrescue-1.8 are "-b1024" for 5 1/4" 360k floppies and "--direct" 
for 3.5" 1.44M. (All other values set to default ones).

In case of read errors it may be faster to set --cluster-size to a 
smaller value, the number of sectors in a track for example.

But of course, your system may behave differently. Doing some testing 
won't hurt.


> i'm asking because the info manual says a little different thing:

I'll clarify the manual to differentiate between 360k and 1.44M floppies.


Regards,
Antonio.