On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Asbjorn Hoiland Aarrestad wrote: > Hi all... I need some advice. > > One of my disks give me an 0x40 error (uncorrectable error), and I think > I need to replace that disk. > > Does any of you know of a program to "mirror" the disk, filesystem and > all? I'm running redhat 9.0 if that matters, and I installed the > standard which I think is ext3 (right?) > Best thing you can do is make sure you have some disk space free (and minimise use of the dying disk). Then boot on a new disk and copy data off the old one using something like mount /dev/hdb1 /olddisk cp -r /olddisk /newdisk/backup Then see how much of the data you can get back HTH Rgds Rus -- w: http://www.jvps.com | Linux + FreeBSD Servers from $15/mo e: rghf@xxxxxxxx | Dedicated Servers from $119/mo t: +44 7919 373537 | email: support@xxxxxxxx t: 1-888-327-6330 | email: sales@xxxxxxxx -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
