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Date:      Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:16:28 +0200
From:      Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz>
To:        greg.lane@internode.on.net
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kernel panic(?) trying to copy data off failed drive with dd
Message-ID:  <448D30EC.1070400@quip.cz>
In-Reply-To: <20060612055143.GA10925@router.lane.family>
References:  <20060612055143.GA10925@router.lane.family>

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Greg Lane wrote:
[...]
> The machine is running 5.5 pre-release.  I can pull the disk and put it 
> in a machine running 6-stable if that will help.  I could also install 
> current on some box or another. Whatever will get the data back!! 
> 
> Advice please?!?
> 
> Cheers,
> Greg

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.

Miroslav Lachman



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