-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: > ---- Paul E Condon <pecon...@mesanetworks.net> wrote: >> On 2009-07-15_23:53:27, ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: > [snip] >> So you have 600/630 = 95% of the job done. To finish, I suggest >> rsync starting with this as the destination of the copying. Even if >> the source data is changing a bit from day-to-day, I'm sure the >> great bulk of it is static. Keep repeating the rsync > > Who knows how many silent corruptions the FW drivers were slipping > into the files.
rsync's --checksum option will check this out for you. Expect this run to take a rather long time, as each bit of data and backup will be read out. After a clean run you will know that all files are identical (and fully readable). I recommend to run this occasionally on backups in order to verify that there is no silent corruption of data. >> update until you get a clean, no descrepancies, run. Switching to a >> different disk interface standard (and abandoning the existing 95% >> solution (?) ) makes no sense to me. > > Sure it does, since how could I be sure that there was no underlying > h/w issue? See above. > Copying it all thru the USB subssystem demonstrated that it wasn't a > h/w fault. Or at least maybe the USB system is "better" at hiding > faults. You can find out. Cheers, Johannes -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpgN34ACgkQC1NzPRl9qEUjSgCfbYfoBhaioLbWI/alTxH+3Umu EZsAnAo2esSA77wZgcOeU7tKhXTpaI+H =YD7k -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
