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Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux?

Date 2015-01-10 17:24 -0800
From Ant <ant@zimage.comANT>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux?
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On 1/10/2015 11:38 AM, Gernot Fink wrote:

>>> ddrescue create a mountable 1/1 image of the bad partition.
>>> You need exact the the same space for source and destination.
>>
>> The 80 GB HDDs (dying sda and external USB sdg) have almost the same sizes:
>> $ df
>
> The target filesystem/device must have room for all source blocks.

I guess 80 GB isn't big enough even though it is almost the same size 
(destination drive is slighty bigger). Argh.


> FAT dont work because it has a 2G file size limit.
> NTFS can work but the linux implementation is slow.

Darn and thanks. :(
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How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-04 06:55 -0800
  Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a  dying old HDD in Linux? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2015-01-04 09:23 -0600
    Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-04 09:19 -0800
      Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-01-04 18:27 +0000
        Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2015-01-04 13:54 -0600
          Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? ebenZEROONE@verizon.net (Hactar) - 2015-02-19 19:00 -0500
      Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2015-01-05 14:10 +0100
  Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Lusotec <nomail@nomail.not> - 2015-01-04 15:39 +0000
    Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-04 09:25 -0800
      Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Lusotec <nomail@nomail.not> - 2015-01-04 17:49 +0000
        Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-04 13:07 -0800
          Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-01-04 21:57 +0000
        Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-09 18:32 -0800
          Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Gernot Fink <g.fink@gmx.net> - 2015-01-10 08:42 +0100
            Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-10 07:51 -0800
              Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Gernot Fink <g.fink@gmx.net> - 2015-01-10 20:38 +0100
                Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-10 17:24 -0800
          Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-01-10 03:35 +0000
          Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-01-10 03:54 +0000
      Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-01-04 18:12 +0000
        Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a  dying old HDD in Linux? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2015-01-04 12:26 -0600
      Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-04 23:23 +0000
      Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2015-01-05 14:11 +0100
  Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-01-04 18:07 +0000
    Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-04 13:10 -0800
      Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-01-04 22:09 +0000
        Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-04 15:25 -0800
        Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk> - 2015-01-06 20:25 +0000
      Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-01-04 22:12 +0000
        Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-04 15:26 -0800
          Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-01-05 00:21 +0000
            Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-04 18:32 -0800
            Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-04 19:36 -0800
              Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> - 2015-01-06 08:58 -0600
            Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-09 18:33 -0800
              Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> - 2015-01-10 08:21 -0600
                Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-10 07:47 -0800
                Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Gernot Fink <g.fink@gmx.net> - 2015-01-10 20:45 +0100
                Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> - 2015-01-11 08:04 -0600
                Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-11 10:14 -0800
                Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-11 10:20 -0800
                Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> - 2015-01-11 19:23 -0600
                Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-12 22:44 -0800
                Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> - 2015-01-13 08:39 -0600
                Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-14 08:33 -0800
                Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2015-01-14 17:20 +0000
                Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-15 00:46 -0800
                Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-17 17:59 -0800
                Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> - 2015-01-18 08:45 -0600
                Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-18 14:04 -0800
                Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? ebenZEROONE@verizon.net (Hactar) - 2015-02-19 22:15 -0500
                Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-02-20 22:47 -0800
                Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> - 2015-01-14 23:05 -0600
                Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-15 00:43 -0800
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