On Tue, Mar 09, 2021 at 09:38:57AM -0500, Ian Darwin wrote: > On Tue, Mar 09, 2021 at 09:52:03AM +0100, Jan Johansson wrote: > > If I try to cp or dd the disk image on the host it fails > > > > dd if=disk.raw.old of=disk.raw.bak bs=1m > > dd: disk.raw.old: Input/output error > > 8858+0 records in > > 8858+0 records out > > 9288286208 bytes transferred in 102.048 secs (91018010 bytes/sec) > > > > The host show no other signs of failing hardware. > > > > Is this a software or a hardware error? > > Given that it gives an error outside the VM, it's likely hardware. >
Agreed. Sorta hard to fault vmd(8) if it's not even running. > > Is there some way to recover the guest disk image without a > > complete reinstall? > > Depending on where the error is, you might get away with > dd'ing with conv=noerror,sync, changing vm.conf to point > to the new copy, and run fsck in the vm. > > And buy a new hard disk or SDD. Probably cheaper than your time > to further diagnose it? >
