Copy process over hardware failure is endless

[Frank Dietrich]

Hi,

wwp <subscript at free.fr> wrote:
>In /var/log/messages I'm getting tons of:
>Sep  7 14:48:03 monolith kernel: sd 8:0:0:0: [sdd] Add. Sense: No
>additional sense information Sep  7 14:48:32 monolith kernel: sd
>8:0:0:0: [sdd] Sense Key : No Sense [current] Sep  7 14:48:32
>monolith kernel: Info fld=0x0

Wouldn't it be more secure for your data to save first the whole
partition/disc with ddrescue or similar, to reduce the stress on the
dying disc? And after that copying your important data from this
image? The only reason which could prevent you not to do this could be
the size of the disc.

regards
Frank
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