On Fri, 8 May 2015 15:00:13 -0600 Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote:
> German wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > There is an idea that I didn't see proposed as I read through this > > > thread. If one had three same sized drives then there is another > > > possibility. > > > > Problem I have now is the lack of money. I simply don't have money > > now to buy yet another drive. I took out one drive from my another > > system, bought usb external enclosure and thought I'll succeed. > > Hmm.. everything is just not as easy as it seems. > > I think I read that you have one identically sized drive, yes? I am > not sure where you are sitting with regards to the other suggestions. > But at the least I would make one good backup as soon as possible. > And it seems that possibly you have the capability at this time? Yes, I do have two identical 2TB drives. So, you are advising to make a back up. Something like ddrescue if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/sdY ? > > On the backup it might be possible (not sure how advised it would be) > but possible to mount it read-only and then read files from it. The > copy would have had errors and therefore the file system would > probably be somewhat damaged. But mounted read-only I presume there > would be no more changes to it. Might be possible to copy the files > that could be recovered from the read-only media off elsewhere over > the network or to other places. That might get you a lot of what you > need within the limits that you have. > > Good luck! > > Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150508171020.77778...@asterius.asterius.net
