Re: [Bug-ddrescue] ddrescue - disk 2 disk (ntfs)

[Al Grant]

I will try those thanks.

I am imagining sdb (since drive assignments have changed since my first
post).

I still dont understand why it crashes tho, I definitly want to image
sdb...it may take a while with my inital settings, but why did it crash?

-Al



Tom-331 wrote:
> 
> Your syntax does not seem correct, I think this command would image sdb to
> /storage and save a log file to test.bin you it may be a transcription
> typo,
> and you could try copying the good areas first.
> 
> sudo ddrescue -v /dev/sdb /storage test.bin testlog
> 
> 
> suggestion:
> 
> copy the error free areas first
> 
>     ddrescue -n /dev/sdb /storage/test.bin testlog
> 
> attempt to recover any bad sectors
> 
>     ddrescue -r 1 /dev/sdb /storage/test.bin testlog
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 5:28 AM, Al Grant <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Hi,
>> Well the plot thickens I have given up trying to clone the drives but are
>> now trying simply to create a bin file of the bad drive.
>>
>> This is what happens so far:
>>
>> 1. Initally I was using a USB-SATA bridge, and mounting a 250Gb NTFS
>> drive,
>> and trying to image the 160Gb PATA drive. The PATA drive was not mounted.
>> The NTFS drive is mounted to /storage.
>>
>> The problem with this was that it was very slow and every day or so it
>> would
>> stop or the computer would freeze. I estimated it was going to take about
>> 7
>> days doing 25Gb/day. I was using this command:
>>
>> sudo ddrescue -v /dev/sdb /storage test.bin testlog
>>
>> 2. So I went out and brought a SATA/PATA PCI card to make things easier.
>>
>> Now the bad disk is plugged into the motherboard PATA controller and the
>> target SATA drive is on its own PCI card controller.
>>
>> Again I was mounting the good drive to /storage and issuing a similar
>> command to above. Heres whats strange:
>>
>> (a) I can see the image file created so far. Its 3Gb. If I restart the
>> rescue, with the same parameters, so it should resume the 3Gb doesnt get
>> any
>> bigger, even tho the output window of ddrescue tells me its rescued
>> 2200Mb.
>> Now I know i am writing to the 3Gb file because the time stamp is
>> changing.
>>
>> What is also weird is how small the log file is, its only about 30 lines
>> -
>> I
>> assume for 2200Gb it should be much bigger???
>>
>> And whats more I left this running overnight (I was connected via a
>> remote
>> desktop session) - when I went to check on it in the morning the remote
>> session was dead and logging into the computer when infront of it started
>> a
>> new session, so I am not really sure what was happening, if anything, in
>> the
>> old session.
>>
>> So....I think I am geting closer but not sure if the crashing is the
>> computer, the remote session or ddrescue.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Anyone here on skype able help via IM?
>>
>> Also anyone know how to reconnect to a dead remote session without
>> starting
>> a new one?
>>
>> THanks in advance,
>> -Al
>>
>>
>> MacXperte wrote:
>> >
>> > Al Grant <address@hidden> schreibt am 11.7.2009 10:07 Uhr:
>> >
>> >> When I try "sudo ddrescue -v /dev/sdb/ /dev/sdc logfile"
>> >>
>> >> I get "no space left on device"
>> >>
>> >> I asusme its something to do with the new disk, maybe having to
>> >> copy/mount
>> >> in raw? please help.
>> >
>> > Maybe the error is not about writing to sdc but about writing the
>> logfile.
>> >
>> > What is your current working directory (pwd)?
>> > What happens if you try: echo test >> logfile
>> >
>> > Florian
>> >
>> >
>> >
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