On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:21:37 -0500, "Brian McKee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > On 11-Jan-08, at 3:43 PM, KS wrote: > > I connected the old hard disk via firewire to the powerbook and > > compiled > > ddrescue to run on the G4 (new HDD and 10.4.11). It is just giving I/O > > error in the syslog. I can't even be mounted. ddrescue has read 3MB in > > the last half an hour and rescue zero bytes :( > > > > Any other suggestions? > > Put the drive in a ziplock bag, removing as much air as possible and > toss it in the freezer. > > Pull it back out after it's cold soaked (couple of hours?) and hook > it back up, leaving a freezer pack or something on top of it to help > keep it cold while you try again. > > Obviously this is a last resort.... YMMV.... and if your cat demands > a raise after the operation I claim no responsibility. > but I have had it work maybe twice in a over a half a dozen attempts > at similar problems. > > Brian
Thanks for that advice. It seemed to have made a difference .... the rescued data has changed from 0B to more than a 100kB. But there is more than 6GB of data that matters. Below is the ddrescue status: Starting positions: infile = 0 B, outfile = 0 B Copy block size: 128 hard blocks Hard block size: 512 bytes Max_retries: 0 Direct: no Sparse: no Split: yes Truncate: no Press Ctrl-C to interrupt Initial status (read from logfile) rescued: 0 B, errsize: 7880 kB, errors: 1 Current status rescued: 142336 B, errsize: 8275 kB, current rate: 4096 B/s ipos: 8417 kB, errors: 1, average rate: 1530 B/s opos: 8417 kB Copying data... I kept the disk between the two window panes for about 15min and as the temperature outside is around 2C, it seemed to have helped. /KS -- KS [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Send your email first class -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]