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In message <20041013201553.GA91818@dragon.nuxi.com>, "David O'Brien" writes:
>On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 10:00:01PM +0000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>> phk         2004-09-28 22:00:01 UTC
>> 
>>   FreeBSD src repository
>> 
>>   Added files:
>>     tools/tools/recoverdisk Makefile README recoverdisk.c 
>>   Log:
>..
>>   You can refresh a disk:
>>           recoverdisk /dev/ad1 /dev/ad1
>>   or salvage a floppy:
>>           recoverdisk /dev/fd0 myfloppy.flp
>
>Why hide this useful tool in src/tools vs. putting it in src or making it
>port?

because I didn't feel it had the necessary generality or finish to
merit placement in src.  Ideally it should be a mode to dd(1) to
behave this way.

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