From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (ext-mx02.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.110.6]) by int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oAG6PPhu012601 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:25:25 -0500 Received: from maude.comedia.it (maude.comedia.it [77.93.254.181]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id oAG6PFFM003064 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:25:15 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by maude.comedia.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02DD786FB9 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:25:14 +0100 (CET) Received: from maude.comedia.it ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (maude.comedia.it [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10025) with LMTP id JM4oxi7M7nzP for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:25:09 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:25:08 +0100 From: Luca Berra Message-ID: <20101116062508.GA17499@maude.comedia.it> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Move pvmove questions Was: Need help with a particular use-case for pvmove. Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@redhat.com On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 02:53:29PM -0500, Stirling Westrup wrote: >Okay, I've tried the dd_rescue method that was outlined for me, and it >failed, although not for any reasons inherent in the method. It seems >that what is wrong with my 'flakey' drive is not that it has bad >sectors, but that it has a tendency to heat up when used, and then >fail all operations until its cooled down. you can try with http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html instead of dd_rescue make it use a logfile on a different device when the source drive gets too hot let it rest awhile, then restart using the log file. L. -- Luca Berra -- bluca@comedia.it