"B. J. Zolp" <bjzolp@wisc.edu> writes: > I'm doing a > dd bs=512 conv=noerror,sync if=/dev/hdf of=/dev/null > right now. It has been going for a few hours, but does not seem to be taking > up any cpu cycles (it looks hung up). I will let it go over night and see > how it is tomorrow. What would you suggest I do if the I can only get the > data on the HD up until the bad sector (or where ever it is hung up). This > is the last drive in the logical volume, so there was not too much data on > it, but how would I go about added the new replacement drive to the logical > volume without messing up my entire filesystem? You could also try dd_rescue(1), which was written, AFAIR, by Kurt Garloff. You should find it using Google. urs _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/