On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:01:59 -0500 Mike Frysinger <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Friday 28 December 2012 06:41:02 YuGiOhJCJ Mailing-List wrote: > > I am trying to blank a 160 GB hard disk drive but I got an error and dd > > doesn't want to continue: $ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb > > conv=noerror,sync > > dd: writing to `/dev/sdb': Input/output error > > 6160537+0 records in > > 6160536+0 records out > > 3154194432 bytes (3.2 GB) copied, 209.528 s, 15.1 MB/s > > > > Only 3.2 GB have been copied... > > > > Have you any idea on how to force dd to continue after errors? > > look at `dmesg` and see if it's reporting errors. if so, consult the > feedback > Pádraig and Bernhard provided. > -mike Yes I see some errors when I look at `dmesg` concerning my hard disk drive. But it's normal, I know this hard disk drive has problems. I just want to clean it a last time before forget it... And maybe, if it's possible, repair it using some tools but I don't think it's possible. OK, I will follow the instructions given by Pádraig and Bernhard. There are some interesting utilities that can help me (shred, dd_rescue and GNU ddrescue). Thank you. Regards.
