looking for linux experts, part 2

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 09:02:32PM -0500, Tim Writer wrote:
> I'm inclined to agree with Lennart, the sooner he can get his data (whether
> fully intact or not) off the failing disk, the better. dd is a good way to do
> it. With dd, he can make a single pass, minimizing disk access. If dd gets
> hung up part way through, due to the bad blocks, he can use dd's skip option
> to (attempt to) skip past the problem area. By using the seek option together
> with skip, he can build a complete image of the failing disk with holes
> around the problem area. With a little luck, he'll be able to repair his file
> system(s) using the image. In short, the less disk activity, the more likely
> he'll be able to recover his data before the disk fails altogether.

conv=noerror tells dd to just keep going on errors.  It simply does skip
the bad parts writing zeros to the target for those.

Lennart Sorensen
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