On 9/6/19 9:36 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 06Sep2019 20:16, ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo(a)zoho.com>
wrote:
> On 9/6/19 7:45 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>>> # dd status=progress bs=4096 if=/dev/sdb | gzip >
>>> DeadStick.FC30.2019-09-06
>>> 34489798656 bytes (34 GB, 32 GiB) copied, 404 s, 85.4 MB/s
>>> dd: error reading '/dev/sdb': Input/output error
>>> 8425692+0 records in
>>> 8425692+0 records out
>>> 34511634432 bytes (35 GB, 32 GiB) copied, 459.17 s, 75.2 MB/s
>>>
>>> That was on my USB 3.1 port.
>>
>> Not sure this is a problem. How big is /dev/sdb? What do you expect
>> dd to do when it hits the end of the drive?
>
> It is 64 GB.
Ah, badness then as you say.
Had you tried ddrescue, a dd-like command with an ability to step past
bad areas and proceed with the rest?
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs(a)cskk.id.au>
Trying it right now. Had to drop the if= and of=.
Thank you for all the help!