diff --git a/Creating-a-dump-from-physical-media.mediawiki b/Creating-a-dump-from-physical-media.mediawiki new file mode 100644 index 0000000..66e1d1b --- /dev/null +++ b/Creating-a-dump-from-physical-media.mediawiki @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +==Command description== +This operating will create a dump image from real media using a physical device. It will retry errors and when finished create an XML metadata sidecar and an Alcohol 120% media descriptor for optical media. The dumping operation can be interrupted and continued later, even with a different device. + +==Command usage== +DiscImageChef dump-media -i -v [true/false] -d [true/false] -w [prefix] -r [true/false] -s [true/false] + -f [true/false] -p [passes] --persistent [true/false] --separate-subchannel [true/false] -m [true/false] + +-i, --input= path to the physical device
+-v, --verbose=[true/false] shows verbose output ''(default false)''
+-d, --debug=[true/false] shows debug output ''(default false)''
+-w, --output-prefix=[prefix] prefix of the name for the dump media files
+-r, --raw=[true/false] dumps sectors with all of their tags, or for optical media, dumps scrambled sectors ''(default false)''
+-s, --stop-on-error=[true/false] stops dumping on first error ''(default false)''
+-f, --force=[true/false] continuing dumping whatever happens ''(default false)''
+-p, --retry-passes=[true/false] how many times to retry reading a sector ''(default false)''
+--persistent=[true/false] try to recover partial or incorrect data ''(default false)''
+--separate-subchannel=[true/false] save subchannel in a separate file. Only applicable to CD, DDCD or GD media ''(default false)''
+-m, --resume=[true/false] create and/or use resume mapfile ''(default true)''
+ +==Example== +FreeBSD: DiscImageChef dump-media -i /dev/cd0 -f --persistent=true --separate-subchannel -w mydisc
+Linux: DiscImageChef dump-media -i /dev/sdb -r -f -p 15 -w myusbfloppy
+Windows: DiscImageChef dump-media -i \\.\PhysicalDrive3 -f -p 0 --resume=false mydisk
+ +==Operating system support== +{| +! OS +! SCSI Block device +! SCSI MultiMedia device +! SCSI Streaming device +! Parallel ATA +! Serial ATA +! USB +! FireWire +! PCMCIA +! SecureDigital / MultiMediaCard +|- +| FreeBSD +| Yes +| Yes +| Yes +| No Not supported due to upstream bug +| Yes +| Partial USB descriptors are not retrieved +| Partial FireWire descriptors are not retrieved +| Partial PCMCIA CIS is not retrieved +| Not yet Support will come with FreeBSD 12-RELEASE +|- +| macOS +| No macOS only allows talking with MultiMedia devices +| Not yet Support for MultiMedia devices in macOS will be added if users require it +| No +| No +| No +| Partial Only MultiMedia devices can be supported and descriptors will not be retrieved +| Partial Only MultiMedia devices can be supported and descriptors will not be retrieved +| Partial Only MultiMedia devices can be supported and descriptors will not be retrieved +| No +|- +| Linux +| Yes +| Yes +| Yes +| Yes +| Yes +| Yes +| Yes +| Yes +| Yes +|- +| Windows +| Yes +| Yes +| Yes +| Yes +| Yes +| Yes +| Partial FireWire descriptors are not retrieved +| Partial PCMCIA CIS is not retrieved +| Untested Should work, untested due to not available hardware +|} + + \ No newline at end of file