On 12/11/08, Walters, Mark <Mark.Walters@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I've always used: > > # dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/null bs=512 > dd can choke at the first bad block i use ddrescue for this instead # ddrescue /dev/sda /dev/null /var/disclog it will continue through errors and the above command will give you a list of errors in a logfile <http://linux.die.net/man/1/ddrescue> mike -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list