On Sat, 2012-06-16 at 19:17 +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 07:33:13AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > I would copy the files (tar) instead of running some dd command. If it > > fails to copy a file, you could try again, just for this file. Broken > > drives tend to fail ;) and sometimes they need to rest some days before > > going on or a clap to release the heads. > > Read up on dd_rescue. It's much more reliable at recovering data than > any tool that relies on the filesystem being interpretable, such as tar. > >
Flagged this email. No time to read about dd_rescue now. Btw. I was mistaken, I didn't run tar, but cp for broken disks. -- 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/1339871892.2281.83.camel@precise
