Need good disk dump utility

[Christian Groessler]

> 
> I checked out sdd and it does not mention anything about errors.

Hmm,


[panther:~]$ sdd -help 
Usage:  sdd [option=value] [-flag]
Options:
        if=name           Read  input from name instead of stdin
        of=name           Write output to name instead of stdout
        -inull            Do not read input from file (use null char's)
        -onull            Do not write output to any file
        ibs=#,obs=#,bs=#  Set input/outbut buffersize or both to #
        cbs=#             Set conversion buffersize to #
        ivsize=#,ovsize=# Set input/output volume size to #
        count=#           Transfer at most # input records
        iseek=#,iskip=#   Seek/skip # bytes on input before starting
        oseek=#,oskip=#   Seek/skip # bytes on output before starting
        seek=#,skip=#     Seek/skip # bytes on input/output before starting
        ivseek=#,ovseek=# Seek # bytes on input/output volumes before starting
        -notrunc          Do not trunctate existing output file
        -pg               Print a dot on each write to indicate progress
        -noerror          Do not stop on error
        -noerrwrite       Do not write blocks not read correctly
        -noseek           Don't seek
        try=#             Set error retrycount to # if -noerror (default 2)
        -debug            Print debugging messages
        -fill             Fill each record with zeros up to obs
        -swab,-block,-unblock,-lcase,-ucase,-ascii,-ebcdic,-ibm
[panther:~]$ 


The -noerror and try=# parameters should take care about errors.

regards,
chris