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Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:37:25 +1000
From: Greg Lane <greg.lane@internode.on.net>
To: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>
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Subject: Re: kernel panic(?) trying to copy data off failed drive with dd
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On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 11:16:28AM +0200, Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> wrote:
> >Advice please?!?
> 
> Maybe you can try /usr/ports/sysutils/cpdup which can skip read errors. 
> I used cpdup few years ago on HDD with bad sectors with success - lose 
> only few unreadable files from the middle of disk.

I am installing that right now and will give it a try in the morning 
when I am sitting next to it. I want to keep the machine alive 
overnight while I copy some other stuff over the network to another 
machine, since I may take this opportunity (replacing the disk) to upgrade 
to 6-stable.

Thanks,
Greg