Hi, I've been trying to copy files off a dying hard drive, using my Linux system.
I mount the drive using "mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt" If I do something that causes an error, I get lots of lines of: hdb: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } hdb: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, CHS=496/15/2, sector=413401 end_request: I/O error, dev 03:41, sector 413401 This is what you would expect I guess, as the drive is almost dead ( I can still get lots of files off though, seems to be an intermitent problem). What I would like to know is, can I set something that limits the number of retries, and can I limit the terminal it writes to ( if I swap to another terminal, it writes all the errors to that. I accidentally typed "df" which caused many errors. I left it about 5-10 mins, thinking it might work time out, but alas, it was still going when I came back. I reset the system, which took about 15 mins to halt, as it kept coming up with errors. Also, when I plugged the hard drive in, I used the power cable from a floppy drive, I tried mounting the floppy without realising it wasn't plugged in, and I got this: floppy1: perpendicular mode not supported by this FDC. It did this for about five mins, again, on whatever terminal I was on. Can't the kernel work out that I won't be changing the FDC while the system is on, and give up sooner??? Would you buy a car with the hood welded shut? http://www.debian.org Debian/GNU Linux ... the maintainable operating system. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .