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Date:      Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:29:50 -0600
From:      Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: moving files from bad sectors
Message-ID:  <20050216172950.GB8365@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub>
In-Reply-To: <3993.216.220.59.169.1108573022.squirrel@216.220.59.169>
References:  <20050216162520.GA8072@asu.edu> <3993.216.220.59.169.1108573022.squirrel@216.220.59.169>

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On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 11:57:02AM -0500, Ean Kingston wrote:
>=20
> > I have a hard disk that looks like its going out.
> >
> > So far, there are 6 reported crc errors.  However, I have a file that
> > I would like to read as much as possible of using tar, but the whole
> > job stops like this:
> >
> >
> >  # tar cvf /dev/nrsa0 /home > /root/tarhome.cat
> > tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
> > tar: /home/smbshare1/BUDGETS/RXS0008 fy04 kellogg report and
> > summary.xls: Read error at byte 14848, reading 10240 bytes:
> > Input/output error
> > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> >
> > When attempting to cp that same file I get another error and the cp
> > stops.
> >
> > Are there any tools that will permit me to cp as much of this file as
> > possible, ie all sectors up to, and then past, the bad spot?
>=20
> dd will let you specify parts of files to skip over. You will probably
> have to do some fiddling with the arguements to get it just right for your
> file.

Specifically, try using the "conv=3Dnoerror" option with dd.

Nathan

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