Re: [Dump-users] Saving that *last* tape that turns out bad...

[Kenneth P. <sh...@se...>]

--On Thursday, September 18, 2008 2:48 PM -0700 Steve Bonds 
<fb7...@sn...> wrote:

> (Note that dd_rescue doesn't use if= or of= and relies on the
> parameter position to identify the input and output.  Best to avoid
> getting them mixed up.)

When disaster strikes, the first step should be to write-protect your 
backup media. I've been doing this since I used floppies on PCs. It's too 
easy to make mistakes under the stress of recovery, when suffering from the 
drunkenness of adrenalin.