[Bug-ddrescue] Re: partition size for ddrescue direct to device

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Peter wrote:
> i have one question. i am running ddrescue on mac os x 10.4. i am  doing 
> a direct copy from one device to the other. however the  partition on 
> the target drive is slightly larger than the source. i  am using this 
> command
>
> ./ddrescue -v /dev/disk0s3 /dev/disk2s5 RescueLog.txt
>
> is this going to produce an unusable volume because the target is not  
> the same size as the source? i have not stopped the progress and  tried 
> to mount it yet.

There is no problem copying data to a larger partition, except the waste 
of space. At least it is not a problem for ddrescue itself.

If you have any problem to mount it after the rescue, you always may 
copy the rescued data to a partition of the exact size.


Regards,
Antonio.