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Re: dd: it doesn't continue after errors


From: Mike Frysinger
Subject: Re: dd: it doesn't continue after errors
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:01:59 -0500
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On Friday 28 December 2012 06:41:02 YuGiOhJCJ Mailing-List wrote:
> I am trying to blank a 160 GB hard disk drive but I got an error and dd
> doesn't want to continue: $ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb
> conv=noerror,sync
> dd: writing to `/dev/sdb': Input/output error
> 6160537+0 records in
> 6160536+0 records out
> 3154194432 bytes (3.2 GB) copied, 209.528 s, 15.1 MB/s
> 
> Only 3.2 GB have been copied...
> 
> Have you any idea on how to force dd to continue after errors?

look at `dmesg` and see if it's reporting errors.  if so, consult the feedback 
Pádraig and Bernhard provided.
-mike

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