On 8 July 2010 22:10, John Cooper <l...@discoverlinux.co.uk> wrote: > My normal backup routine is to tar up my home directory files daily and > then every month or so do a full disc clone using DD > > dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=32M > > This has worked for years but now fails to copy all files on Fedora 13. > Some directories like /sys have permissions ???? . I also tried > clonezilla using partclone which took 24 hours and then crashed. I think > this is the first ext4 backup I've done. The only other change is my > removable caddies which are now cheaper ones. > > Any ideas? > Maybe the hard disk is failing. What does "smartctl -a /dev/sda" output in the reallocated sectors row?
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