Re: Rebuilding a failing drive

2016-11-21 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 11/21/2016 05:21 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Given that I am experiencing I/O errors, it would seem that a dd is not advisable. I can dd the boot portion onto a new drive, I can build the partitions on a new drive. I can boot the system with a live CD. What is a good way to move the OS and

Re: Rebuilding a failing drive

2016-11-21 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 11/21/2016 08:32 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 08:21:01AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I have a 1TB drive that is getting I/O errors enough that while I was out of the country, it hung and my wife was NOT happy. So it is time to replace it. And with a 2TB file. This is

Re: Rebuilding a failing drive

2016-11-21 Thread Fred Smith
On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 08:21:01AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I have a 1TB drive that is getting I/O errors enough that while I > was out of the country, it hung and my wife was NOT happy. So it is > time to replace it. And with a 2TB file. > > This is a server with the drive as EXT4, boot

Re: Backing up the OS - Re: Rebuilding a failing drive

2016-11-21 Thread Michael D. Setzer II
changes. On 21 Nov 2016 at 15:16, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Subject:Backing up the OS - Re: Rebuilding a failing drive To: Community support for Fedora users From: Robert Moskowitz Date sent: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 15:16:15 -0500 Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users

Backing up the OS - Re: Rebuilding a failing drive

2016-11-21 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 11/21/2016 01:42 PM, George N. White III wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Robert Moskowitz mailto:r...@htt-consult.com>> wrote: On 11/21/2016 09:20 AM, Matthew Miller wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 08:21:01AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I have a 1TB d

Re: Rebuilding a failing drive

2016-11-21 Thread George N. White III
On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > > On 11/21/2016 09:20 AM, Matthew Miller wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 08:21:01AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> >>> I have a 1TB drive that is getting I/O errors enough that while I >>> What is a good way to move the OS and

Re: Rebuilding a failing drive

2016-11-21 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 11/21/2016 09:20 AM, Matthew Miller wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 08:21:01AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I have a 1TB drive that is getting I/O errors enough that while I What is a good way to move the OS and all the data? I used Clonezilla some many years ago, but that does not seem

Re: Rebuilding a failing drive

2016-11-21 Thread Matthew Miller
On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 08:21:01AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I have a 1TB drive that is getting I/O errors enough that while I > What is a good way to move the OS and all the data? I used > Clonezilla some many years ago, but that does not seem to be the way > to go when there are bad sect

Re: Rebuilding a failing drive

2016-11-21 Thread fred roller
On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 8:49 AM, Dave Ihnat wrote: > Likely not, but you _can_ try ddrescue. > ddrescue would be an excellent option. Also, if the I/O's errors are consistent sectors then perhaps you can "fsck" the disk to repair the bad sectors to buy you enough time to format a new disk and d

Re: Rebuilding a failing drive

2016-11-21 Thread Dave Ihnat
On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 08:21:01AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Given that I am experiencing I/O errors, it would seem that a dd is > not advisable. Likely not, but you _can_ try ddrescue. G'luck, -- Dave Ihnat dih...@dminet.com ___

Rebuilding a failing drive

2016-11-21 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I have a 1TB drive that is getting I/O errors enough that while I was out of the country, it hung and my wife was NOT happy. So it is time to replace it. And with a 2TB file. This is a server with the drive as EXT4, boot partitions, swap partition, and a few data (/boot, /, etc.) partitions.