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[ubuntu] Mounting RAW SCSI Disk

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Hi, I'm trying to mount my failing NTFS hard drive (now RAW) as read-only so I can image or clone it with ddrescue. When I try to use ddrescue it does nothing and reports 0 bytes rescued. This person: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1341388 Seemed to solve this problem by mounting his input drive. But I don't know what filesystem type to specify when mounting the disk. It's a failing NTFS disk suddenly turned raw. I'm trying hard to clone or image the drive so I can use TestDisk on the copy, instead of working on the sketchy drive. I want to power-down the damaged drive ASAP. What (Hardware)

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Submitted by xskl on 02/16/2013

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