[finnix] new package request: pipeviewer, dd_rescue

Adam Field adam at badtech.org
Mon Jun 2 11:38:23 PDT 2008


This is a small utility that I find quite useful. I do a lot of hard drive
imaging and a progress bar is nice to have.

http://www.ivarch.com/programs/pv.shtml
http://packages.qa.debian.org/p/pv.html

Also, dd_rescue, which I did see had been requested on the (defunct) forums.
Like dd, but will retry on errors, allowing you to image bad or failing hard
drives.

http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/scue.html
http://packages.qa.debian.org/d/ddrescue.html

Thanks!
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