Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 23:00:16 +1000 From: Greg Lane <greg.lane@internode.on.net> To: Christopher Sean Hilton <chris@vindaloo.com> Cc: msoulier@digitaltorque.ca, stable@freebsd.org, "olli @ lurza. secnetix. de Miroslav Lachman" <000.fbsd@quip.cz> Subject: Re: kernel panic(?) trying to copy data off failed drive with dd Message-ID: <20060618130016.GA11201@router.lane.family> In-Reply-To: <20060614131804.GA1920@dagobah.vindaloo.com> References: <20060612055143.GA10925@router.lane.family> <448D30EC.1070400@quip.cz> <20060612113725.GA10678@router.lane.family> <20060614131804.GA1920@dagobah.vindaloo.com>
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Hi everyone, Thanks to all who responded to my request for help. I tried the drive in three FreeBSD machines running 5, 6-stable and current. It brought all of them down hard, whether using dd, cpdup or other utilities. I can only conclude it was hardware locking things up. I could not find an external SATA enclosure to try, so I cannot report success or failure with that. Fortunately I had a relatively recent backup and, after failing to image the partition, I took the risk of mounting the partition as is, without fsck'ing it. All the files that had been changed since the backup were on good parts of the disk, so I managed to get a complete copy back together in the end. The drive is on its way to that place where all old drives go..... my kids are pulling it apart with a screwdriver and pliers! Although they prefer to pull apart old keyboards! Thanks again, Greg
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