[mythtv-users] maxtor drive with buffer i/o errors...how to get
data off?
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Dec 14 20:39:23 EST 2005
Greg Cope wrote:
>I've successfully dd disks that are dying onto another one. Or use cp.
>
>
Don't use cp, use cpio--cp will cause you to create copies in place of
links (so you could end up with several copies of a single file on a
disk). With GNU findutils and GNU cpio:
cd /mnt/baddisk
find . -print0 | cpio -dpmv0 /mnt/gooddisk
Note that you should do this from a boot/root floppy (i.e. so you're not
copying the virtual filesystems, etc.). Also, make sure you remember
all partitions on the disk.
Mike
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