Re: [Bug-ddrescue] Feature Request: Introduce parameter to skip "slow" (still readable) sectors during first pass, if reading speed is below x kByte/s

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Hello Felix,

Felix Ehlermann wrote:
> So far I'm quite impressed by ddrescue - it's really a nice approach at 
> recovering data from a broken/dying hard disk, thank your for writing it 

You are welcome. :-)


> About my suggestion (sorry for writing that much, but I apparently am 
> unable to explain it in less words):

I like detailed explanations. :-)


> It would be really great if there was a way to influence this behavior 
> so that e.g. sectors that prove to be slow when reading them (e.g. 
> reading 64KiB takes more than 5 ms) will also cause ddrescue to skip x 
> MByte of data in the first pass.

It is already planned to implement such a feature. I have been unable to 
work on this until now, but I expect it to be done in a few weeks. 
Please, read this message[1] and write back any comments you have.

[1]https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ddrescue/2011-04/msg00004.html


Best regards,
Antonio.