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Can't dd broken SSD
When trying to sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=dump.dd conv=noerror,sync on my Kingston SSD (SA400S37/120G, SBFK71E0) the dmesg log shows the following:
usb 4-4: new SuperSpeed USB device number 8 using ...
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sas drive i/o error 5 via raid card - sed locked partition table
I am trying to find a better way to access my newly purchased SAS drives (deepdiscountserver 3tb IBM platters(used or refurb i think yes)), using a 2x4 LSI PCIe3 card. I think the card is only half ...
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Testing LTO drive with mt and dd
Here are my commands
mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
dd if=/dev/st0 of=-
As I understand it the first command rewinds my tape in /dev/st0, and the second command writes contents of /dev/st0 to -. My questions ...
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connected old scsi disk via IDE->USB adapter, recognized in syslog but not fdisk?
I have an old hard disk I'm trying to check for data and format before recycling/donating. I'm using an IDE to USB adapter to connect the disk to my linux laptop. In my syslog I see the following ...
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"Cannot allocate memory" when reading from SCSI tape
I am experimenting with some old SCSI tape drives, and I have successfully written some data to a tape, but I am struggling trying to read it back again.
# tar tvf /dev/st0
tar: /dev/st0: Cannot ...
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dd outputting: "function not implemented" when trying to write to /dev/sg11
I'm trying to use the following command:
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sg11 bs=16K count=1
But when executing it, I get the following error:
dd: writing `/dev/sg11': Function not implemented
When I ...
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