In order to use GNU ddrescue, you’ll need to install the package gddrescue.
Do not install the package ddrescue. That will install dd_rescue, instead, which is totally different and obsolete, but still included in the package repositories under the name of its successor.
does not work.
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But oh, look, it’s a solved problem! All you have to do is edit the source code for the kernel and recompile it. What could be easier.
operating in low graphics mode >:(