On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 07:20:18 +0000, Valmor de Almeida wrote:

> Sometimes the "current rate" reads 0 B/s for a long time... and "time
> from last successful read" can be 8m.
> 
> Would any one know whether this is normal?

Doesn't ddrescue retry on blocks it cannot read? That would explain the
variable read rate, even the period of zero activity. If your drive is
that badly damaged, dd would have been no use anyway.


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