On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 06:15:20PM -0500, Brian wrote: > > hdb: task_no_data_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > > hdb: task_no_data_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError } > > hdb: 8404830 sectors (4303 MB) w/128KiB Cache, CHS=555/240/63 > > hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } > > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40 (hdb), sector 8403864 > > Indicates a failing disk, but you knew that already :-) > > > Also I do not have the dd_rescue utility installed > > dd will work too. dd_rescue has a couple options that work better for > this type of thing, but in a pinch dd should give you the same result. Well, go ahead and try dd first. If it doesn't work than you can try to get dd_rescue from http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/ . It doesn't look like they have a Mandrake rpm, but they have a Suse package which might work. Good luck. -- Jim Crumley |Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List (TCLUG) crumley at fields.space.umn.edu |Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Ruthless Debian Zealot |http://www.mn-linux.org/ Never laugh at live dragons |Dmitry's free,Jon's next? http://faircopyright.org _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list