Re: [Bug-ddrescue] compatibility with ddrescueview + compatibility with ubuntu 16.04 kernel (4.4.0.24)

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Hello Dmitry,

Dmitry Kostin wrote:
> So, I think, the newest Linux kernels (v.4 and above) do not work
> correctly with direct mode, and even do not read physically blocks by
> 512bytes :(. Does anyone know anything about such a kind of problem?
> Is it caused by the kernel, or by ddrescue? I'll try older versions
> of both kernel and ddrescue soon, and report the results to help the
> development of ddrescue.

See the answer by Scott Dwyer.


> 3. I am translating the manual into Russian... About 20% complete.
> Where is the translated version better to be sent?

Thanks. You may send it to my private address. I'll upload it to the 
ddrescue website.


Best regards,
Antonio.