[Bug 541473] New: dd_rescue "-y 0" should be default
http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541473 Summary: dd_rescue "-y 0" should be default Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: koenig@linux.de QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- I like dd_rescue but so far it hat two annoying problems for me: 1) output to /dev/null shows many nasty warnings: dd_rescue /dev/sda /dev/null or dd_rescue /dev/zero /dev/null dd_rescue: (warning): /dev/null (32768.0k): Invalid argument! 31744.0k 2) copying a physical disk to another is quite slow (factor 0.5!) compared to "full speed" e.g. dd_rescue /dev/sda /dev/sdb now I found the nice dd_rescue option "-y" which perfectly fixes both issues with "-y 0" RFC: for the "non-error/emergency" the default 0 (zero) for "-y" makes much more sense. why not use this as default and set "-y" non-zero only in case of real desaster recovery (in which case you're typically changing other parameters too). -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Marcus Meissner
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Jan Engelhardt
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--- Comment #3 from Harald Koenig
I considered this when I introduced the -y option and rejected as I did not want to change defaults. But I guess you are right -- it may be more important to match the common needs than to never change a default.
now 11.3 got released and nothing has happened. pitty... -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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