On 08/07/10 23:42, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> On 8 July 2010 22:10, John Cooper <lug@???> wrote:
>> My normal backup routine is to tar up my home directory files daily and
>> then every month or so do a full disc clone using DD
>>
>> dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=32M
>>
>> This has worked for years but now fails to copy all files on Fedora 13.
>> Some directories like /sys have permissions ???? . I also tried
>> clonezilla using partclone which took 24 hours and then crashed. I think
>> this is the first ext4 backup I've done. The only other change is my
>> removable caddies which are now cheaper ones.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
> Maybe the hard disk is failing.
> What does "smartctl -a /dev/sda" output in the reallocated sectors row?
>
> Kind Regards
>
> James
Tried a different destination disc but the same problem. Do you think it
could be the source disc and can I run that command on the mounted disc?
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