Re: Help with ddrescue

Quoting German (gentger...@gmail.com): > On Tue, 12 May 2015 11:31:10 +0100 > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Tuesday 12 May 2015 11:18:34 German wrote: > > > On Tue, 12 May 2015 08:57:28 +0100 > > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > On Tuesday 12 May 2015 01:15:20 German wrote: > > > > > Well, Wanderer, I got

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Tue, 12 May 2015 12:25:47 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 12 May 2015 11:38:18 German wrote: > > Just rereading the thread, couldn't find any. What tools to use and > > how to use them? > > You could start with the first two messages in the thread, other than > yours. Counting yours, the

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Tuesday 12 May 2015 11:38:18 German wrote: > On Tue, 12 May 2015 11:31:10 +0100 > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Tuesday 12 May 2015 11:18:34 German wrote: > > > On Tue, 12 May 2015 08:57:28 +0100 > > > > > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > On Tuesday 12 May 2015 01:15:20 German wrote: > > > > > Well, W

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Tue, 12 May 2015 06:18:34 -0400 German wrote: > On Tue, 12 May 2015 08:57:28 +0100 > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Tuesday 12 May 2015 01:15:20 German wrote: > > > Well, Wanderer, I got the drive cloned, it took three days, with > > > no positive results. > > > > What results did you expect?

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Tue, 12 May 2015 11:31:10 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 12 May 2015 11:18:34 German wrote: > > On Tue, 12 May 2015 08:57:28 +0100 > > > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Tuesday 12 May 2015 01:15:20 German wrote: > > > > Well, Wanderer, I got the drive cloned, it took three days, > > > > wi

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Tuesday 12 May 2015 11:18:34 German wrote: > On Tue, 12 May 2015 08:57:28 +0100 > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Tuesday 12 May 2015 01:15:20 German wrote: > > > Well, Wanderer, I got the drive cloned, it took three days, with no > > > positive results. > > > > What results did you expect? You clo

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Tue, 12 May 2015 08:57:28 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 12 May 2015 01:15:20 German wrote: > > Well, Wanderer, I got the drive cloned, it took three days, with no > > positive results. > > What results did you expect? You cloned it. You now presumablty > have a clone. You can now wo

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Tuesday 12 May 2015 01:15:20 German wrote: > Well, Wanderer, I got the drive cloned, it took three days, with no > positive results. What results did you expect? You cloned it. You now presumablty have a clone. You can now work on the clone. What else? USB is very slow. Might you be able

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Fri, 08 May 2015 19:52:04 -0400 The Wanderer wrote: > On 05/08/2015 at 07:33 PM, German wrote: > > > On Fri, 08 May 2015 19:20:37 -0400 > > The Wanderer wrote: > > > >> On 05/08/2015 at 07:08 PM, German wrote: > > >>> That's what I got: > >>> > >>> spore@asterius:~$ lsblk > >>> NAME MAJ

Re: Help with ddrescue

German wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > ddrescue if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/sdY /var/tmp/rescuelogfile > > Hmm.. The Wanderer suggest that *if= and of=* is the wrong syntax. Argh! I have made two typos in the space of the last two messages. I can't believe I made a mistake this silly. > He says that

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Fri, 08 May 2015 19:52:04 -0400 The Wanderer wrote: > On 05/08/2015 at 07:33 PM, German wrote: > > > On Fri, 08 May 2015 19:20:37 -0400 > > The Wanderer wrote: > > > >> On 05/08/2015 at 07:08 PM, German wrote: > > >>> That's what I got: > >>> > >>> spore@asterius:~$ lsblk > >>> NAME MAJ

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Fri, 8 May 2015 17:15:51 -0400 German wrote: > On Fri, 8 May 2015 22:05:40 +0100 > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Friday 08 May 2015 21:58:12 German wrote: > > > It's happened when I was > > > installing Lubuntu. > > > > Post hoc doesn't necessarily imply propter hoc. > > > > http://en.wikiped

Re: Help with ddrescue

On 5/8/2015 5:28 PM, German wrote: On Fri, 08 May 2015 19:52:04 -0400 The Wanderer wrote: Not quite. /dev/sda2/ is not a directory; it's a device node. Since /dev/sda2 is mounted to / (the root filesystem), the correct equivalent to this command would be: ddrescue /dev/sdd /dev/sdc /ddre

Re: Help with ddrescue

On 5/8/2015 10:20 AM, German wrote: On Fri, 08 May 2015 12:10:38 -0400 Gary Dale wrote: On 08/05/15 10:32 AM, German wrote: Hi list. Ok, now I have a spare 2TB USB drive where I can save .img file. Is that the right procedure? Do I have make a snapshot of failed drive and transfer it as a .

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Fri, 08 May 2015 19:52:04 -0400 The Wanderer wrote: > On 05/08/2015 at 07:33 PM, German wrote: > > > On Fri, 08 May 2015 19:20:37 -0400 > > The Wanderer wrote: > > > >> On 05/08/2015 at 07:08 PM, German wrote: > > >>> That's what I got: > >>> > >>> spore@asterius:~$ lsblk > >>> NAME MAJ

Re: Help with ddrescue

On 05/08/2015 at 07:33 PM, German wrote: > On Fri, 08 May 2015 19:20:37 -0400 > The Wanderer wrote: > >> On 05/08/2015 at 07:08 PM, German wrote: >>> That's what I got: >>> >>> spore@asterius:~$ lsblk >>> NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT >>> sda 8:00 119.2G 0 disk >>> ├─s

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Fri, 8 May 2015 17:22:11 -0600 Bob Proulx wrote: > German wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > I think I read that you have one identically sized drive, yes? I > > > am not sure where you are sitting with regards to the other > > > suggestions. But at the least I would make one good backup as >

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Fri, 08 May 2015 19:20:37 -0400 The Wanderer wrote: > On 05/08/2015 at 07:08 PM, German wrote: > > > On Fri, 8 May 2015 23:54:46 +0100 Lisi Reisz > > wrote: > > > >> On Friday 08 May 2015 23:07:34 German wrote: > >> > >>> Can I try to run fsck on the failed drive? > >> > >> They are *your

Re: Help with ddrescue

Bob Proulx wrote: > ddrescue if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/sdY /media/usb1 > > Where /media/usb1 is an example of a mounted usb storage device. > Replace that string with the mount point of the usb device mounted on > your host system. Obviously I made a mistake there. Not to the mount directory but to

Re: Help with ddrescue

German wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > I think I read that you have one identically sized drive, yes? I am > > not sure where you are sitting with regards to the other suggestions. > > But at the least I would make one good backup as soon as possible. > > And it seems that possibly you have the cap

Re: Help with ddrescue

On 05/08/2015 at 07:08 PM, German wrote: > On Fri, 8 May 2015 23:54:46 +0100 Lisi Reisz > wrote: > >> On Friday 08 May 2015 23:07:34 German wrote: >> >>> Can I try to run fsck on the failed drive? >> >> They are *your* files. But given that you have actually got a >> suitable disk, i would at

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Fri, 8 May 2015 23:54:46 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 08 May 2015 23:07:34 German wrote: > > Can I try to run fsck on the failed drive? > > They are *your* files. But given that you have actually got a > suitable disk, i would at least dd them first onto that. > > Lisi > > That's

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Friday 08 May 2015 23:07:34 German wrote: > Can I try to run fsck on the failed drive? They are *your* files. But given that you have actually got a suitable disk, i would at least dd them first onto that. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subje

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Fri, 08 May 2015 18:11:03 -0400 The Wanderer wrote: > On 05/08/2015 at 06:07 PM, German wrote: > > > On Fri, 08 May 2015 16:00:05 -0400 Gary Dale > > wrote: > > > >> On 08/05/15 02:56 PM, German wrote: > > >>> What will this duplication accomplish? What advantages if I am > >>> duplicate?

Re: Help with ddrescue

On 05/08/2015 at 06:07 PM, German wrote: > On Fri, 08 May 2015 16:00:05 -0400 Gary Dale > wrote: > >> On 08/05/15 02:56 PM, German wrote: >>> What will this duplication accomplish? What advantages if I am >>> duplicate? After I duplicate the drive, what are my next steps? > >> With the drive

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Fri, 08 May 2015 16:00:05 -0400 Gary Dale wrote: > On 08/05/15 02:56 PM, German wrote: > > On Fri, 08 May 2015 14:48:47 -0400 > > Gary Dale wrote: > > > >> On 08/05/15 02:32 PM, German wrote: > >>> On Fri, 08 May 2015 14:23:39 -0400 > >>> The Wanderer wrote: > >>> > On 05/08/2015 at 02:

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Fri, 8 May 2015 22:05:40 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 08 May 2015 21:58:12 German wrote: > > It's happened when I was > > installing Lubuntu. > > Post hoc doesn't necessarily imply propter hoc. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc > > Lisi > > You are philoso

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Fri, 8 May 2015 15:00:13 -0600 Bob Proulx wrote: > German wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > There is an idea that I didn't see proposed as I read through this > > > thread. If one had three same sized drives then there is another > > > possibility. > > > > Problem I have now is the lack o

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Friday 08 May 2015 21:58:12 German wrote: > It's happened when I was > installing Lubuntu. Post hoc doesn't necessarily imply propter hoc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubs

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Friday 08 May 2015 21:51:17 German wrote: > Problem I have now is the lack of money. I simply don't have money now > to buy yet another drive. Well, you can use what you have got and risk it. Or you can wait a bit. Assuming that the financial situation might ease. But I would think carefully

Re: Help with ddrescue

German wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > There is an idea that I didn't see proposed as I read through this > > thread. If one had three same sized drives then there is another > > possibility. > > Problem I have now is the lack of money. I simply don't have money now > to buy yet another drive. I

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Fri, 08 May 2015 16:51:20 -0400 The Wanderer wrote: > On 05/08/2015 at 04:34 PM, German wrote: > > > On Fri, 08 May 2015 16:27:22 -0400 The Wanderer > > wrote: > > >> What leads you to conclude that the drive is OK and the filesystem > >> is what is bad? What errors are you seeing, in what

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Friday 08 May 2015 21:40:02 German wrote: > Well, data is pretty much precious to me. Studios flacs of rare and > hard to get music. Then I would take at least one copy, preferably two, and work on a copy. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: Help with ddrescue

On 05/08/2015 at 04:34 PM, German wrote: > On Fri, 08 May 2015 16:27:22 -0400 The Wanderer > wrote: >> What leads you to conclude that the drive is OK and the filesystem >> is what is bad? What errors are you seeing, in what situations? > > Error mounting /dev/sdc1 at /media/spore/FreeAgent GoF

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Fri, 8 May 2015 14:41:24 -0600 Bob Proulx wrote: > The Wanderer wrote: > > Gary Dale wrote: > > > I think Wanderer may be overstating the problem a little. If the > > > two drives are exactly the same size, you can use ddrescue to > > > duplicate the failed drive onto the new drive (ddrescue >

Re: Help with ddrescue

The Wanderer wrote: > Gary Dale wrote: > > I think Wanderer may be overstating the problem a little. If the two > > drives are exactly the same size, you can use ddrescue to duplicate > > the failed drive onto the new drive (ddrescue if=/dev/sdb > > of=/dev/sdc). However this will limit you to rec

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Fri, 8 May 2015 21:35:56 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Friday 08 May 2015 21:09:42 German wrote: > > What will happen when I duplicate drive? Why is that failed drive is > > failed and duplicated drive might be repairable? If it's > > duplicated, it will be exactly the same, no? > > Yes, that

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Friday 08 May 2015 21:09:42 German wrote: > What will happen when I duplicate drive? Why is that failed drive is > failed and duplicated drive might be repairable? If it's duplicated, it > will be exactly the same, no? Yes, that is the point. If there is something wrong with the disk then eve

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Fri, 08 May 2015 16:27:22 -0400 The Wanderer wrote: > On 05/08/2015 at 04:09 PM, German wrote: > > > On Fri, 08 May 2015 16:00:05 -0400 Gary Dale > > wrote: > > > >> On 08/05/15 02:56 PM, German wrote: > > >>> What will this duplication accomplish? What advantages if I am > >>> duplicate?

Re: Help with ddrescue

On 05/08/2015 at 04:09 PM, German wrote: > On Fri, 08 May 2015 16:00:05 -0400 Gary Dale > wrote: > >> On 08/05/15 02:56 PM, German wrote: >>> What will this duplication accomplish? What advantages if I am >>> duplicate? After I duplicate the drive, what are my next steps? >> >> With the drive

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Fri, 08 May 2015 16:00:05 -0400 Gary Dale wrote: > On 08/05/15 02:56 PM, German wrote: > > On Fri, 08 May 2015 14:48:47 -0400 > > Gary Dale wrote: > > > >> On 08/05/15 02:32 PM, German wrote: > >>> On Fri, 08 May 2015 14:23:39 -0400 > >>> The Wanderer wrote: > >>> > On 05/08/2015 at 02:

Re: Help with ddrescue

On 08/05/15 02:56 PM, German wrote: On Fri, 08 May 2015 14:48:47 -0400 Gary Dale wrote: On 08/05/15 02:32 PM, German wrote: On Fri, 08 May 2015 14:23:39 -0400 The Wanderer wrote: On 05/08/2015 at 02:16 PM, German wrote: On Fri, 08 May 2015 13:40:01 -0400 The Wanderer wrote: On 05/08/2

Re: Help with ddrescue

On 05/08/2015 at 02:48 PM, Gary Dale wrote: > On 08/05/15 02:32 PM, German wrote: > >> On Fri, 08 May 2015 14:23:39 -0400 The Wanderer >> wrote: >>> Yes, that's what I'd do in your situation. A 2.5TB drive should >>> be more than enough; that would also let you store the >>> sdb_failed.ddrescu

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Fri, 08 May 2015 14:48:47 -0400 Gary Dale wrote: > On 08/05/15 02:32 PM, German wrote: > > On Fri, 08 May 2015 14:23:39 -0400 > > The Wanderer wrote: > > > >> On 05/08/2015 at 02:16 PM, German wrote: > >> > >>> On Fri, 08 May 2015 13:40:01 -0400 The Wanderer > >>> wrote: > >>> > On 05/0

Re: Help with ddrescue

On 08/05/15 02:32 PM, German wrote: On Fri, 08 May 2015 14:23:39 -0400 The Wanderer wrote: On 05/08/2015 at 02:16 PM, German wrote: On Fri, 08 May 2015 13:40:01 -0400 The Wanderer wrote: On 05/08/2015 at 01:20 PM, German wrote: Thanks, but some clarification is needed. Now I have two dri

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Fri, 08 May 2015 14:23:39 -0400 The Wanderer wrote: > On 05/08/2015 at 02:16 PM, German wrote: > > > On Fri, 08 May 2015 13:40:01 -0400 The Wanderer > > wrote: > > > >> On 05/08/2015 at 01:20 PM, German wrote: > > >>> Thanks, but some clarification is needed. Now I have two drives, > >>>

Re: Help with ddrescue

No. With ddrescue, you do not (want to) create a new filesystem directly on the new device. What you want to do is create a filesystem _image_, in a file which is stored on the new device. Step-by-step, what you do is: * Create a filesystem on your "good" drive (/dev/sdc). You can use any fi

Re: Help with ddrescue

On 05/08/2015 at 02:16 PM, German wrote: > On Fri, 08 May 2015 13:40:01 -0400 The Wanderer > wrote: > >> On 05/08/2015 at 01:20 PM, German wrote: >>> Thanks, but some clarification is needed. Now I have two drives, >>> failed and a spare. Both are 2TB in size. Failed drive probably >>> has 1.6

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Fri, 08 May 2015 13:40:01 -0400 The Wanderer wrote: > On 05/08/2015 at 01:20 PM, German wrote: > > > On Fri, 08 May 2015 12:10:38 -0400 Gary Dale > > wrote: > > > >> On 08/05/15 10:32 AM, German wrote: > >>> Hi list. Ok, now I have a spare 2TB USB drive where I can save > >>> .img file. Is

Re: Help with ddrescue

On 05/08/2015 at 01:20 PM, German wrote: > On Fri, 08 May 2015 12:10:38 -0400 Gary Dale > wrote: > >> On 08/05/15 10:32 AM, German wrote: >>> Hi list. Ok, now I have a spare 2TB USB drive where I can save >>> .img file. Is that the right procedure? Do I have make a snapshot >>> of failed drive a

Re: Help with ddrescue

On Fri, 08 May 2015 12:10:38 -0400 Gary Dale wrote: > On 08/05/15 10:32 AM, German wrote: > > Hi list. Ok, now I have a spare 2TB USB drive where I can save .img > > file. Is that the right procedure? Do I have make a snapshot of > > failed drive and transfer it as a .img file to a spare drive, >

Re: Help with ddrescue

On 08/05/15 10:32 AM, German wrote: Hi list. Ok, now I have a spare 2TB USB drive where I can save .img file. Is that the right procedure? Do I have make a snapshot of failed drive and transfer it as a .img file to a spare drive, correct? R-studio for linux can display files of failed drive ( Tes

Help with ddrescue

Hi list. Ok, now I have a spare 2TB USB drive where I can save .img file. Is that the right procedure? Do I have make a snapshot of failed drive and transfer it as a .img file to a spare drive, correct? R-studio for linux can display files of failed drive ( TestDisk coudn't do it ). So now I think