On Thu, 2012-06-14 at 09:59 -0400, Gary Dale wrote: > I'm by no means an expert on dd_rescue but it looks like your drive > has died. You can try again after rebooting (use a different > rescue .iso image) but I suspect you'll get the same result.
Rebooting can be very helpful, even if a HDD already is dead. Sometimes they'll work for an hour after disconnecting and not using them some weeks. And as already mentioned, if it's the most common issue, brute force can free the heads. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1339738786.2650.14.camel@precise