On Fri, 8 May 2015 17:22:11 -0600 Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote:
> German wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > 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 ? > > Again I am not sure of the status of things with you since there have > been many good suggestions in this discussion thread. You may be > halfway down a different path. But yes if I were having hardware > problems I would make a backup as soon as possible. (Actually I > already have backups all of the time. Backups are important.) > > Always use a log file with ddrescue. If I have both of those disks > mounted on a second system with its own disks then put the logfile on > the host system. That would be on the host system and not either the > source or target. > > ddrescue if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/sdY /var/tmp/rescuelogfile Hmm.. The Wanderer suggest that *if= and of=* is the wrong syntax. He says that this should be simple as this: ddrescue /dev/sdX /dev/sdY /path/to/logfile Who is right? > > If you had booted a livecd and wanted that logfile to be persistent > then mount up a USB storage device and store it there. > > ddrescue if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/sdY /media/usb1 > > Where /media/usb1 is an example of a mounted usb storage device. > Replace that string with the mount point of the usb device mounted on > your host system. > > I now read that perhaps it wasn't hardware problems. If the disk is > okay then the first thing I would do is to fsck it. But if the disk > is having hardware problems then I would copy a backup first. > > 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/20150508193727.1667b...@asterius.asterius.net
