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

From Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux.help, comp.os.linux.setup, comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject Re: How to force copy retries until finally copied all due to a dying old HDD in Linux?
Date 2015-01-10 08:21 -0600
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On 01/09/2015 08:33 PM, Ant wrote:
> I resumed this issue since I finally found free time. I decided to do an image
> from scratch since people told me to do that instead, but it looks like I run
> out of disk space on the destination external USB2 HDD. This probably why it
> failed from partition to partition too last weekend. The original data used is
> about 30 GB. Why would it need to fill up the whole drive?
>
> # time ddrescue -r -1 /dev/sda5 /media/storage2/CopiedDyingSDA5 ImageFileLog
> GNU ddrescue 1.16
> Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
> rescued:    78579 MB,  errsize:    119 MB,  current rate:   14811 kB/s
>     ipos:    78698 MB,   errors:      46,    average rate:   12289 kB/s
>     opos:    78698 MB,     time since last successful read:       0 s
> Copying non-tried blocks...
> ddrescue: write error: No space left on device
>
> real    106m34.617s
> user    0m2.536s
> sys     23m53.486s
>
>
> Isn't 70 GB free enough for this? How much disk space do I really need for this?
> This is sure frustrating. :(

How large is partition /dev/sda5? That's the whole partition, regardless of how
much space is or is not "used" in the filesystem. That is the amount of space
you need at the destination. /ddrescue/ neither knows nor cares about filesystem
structure. It copies the whole partition.

-- 
Bob Nichols         AT comcast.net I am "RNichols42"

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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
          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 14:13 +0100

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