Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | kelleycook@wideopen ... | Subject | Disabling ATAPI retry? | Date | Thu, 06 Mar 2003 15:58:51 -0500 |
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I am attempting to copy data off a damaged partition on an ATAPI hard drive onto a new drive using 'dd conv=sync,noerror' since my Deskstar recently blew up.
My main problem is the fact that when it hits a bad sector, the drive goes into retry mode for a sizeable portion of time before coming back with an error. This means that as a rough estimate, it is going to take a month to copy the partition.
Is there a boot parameter or a runtime command that can tell the linux IDE driver not to automatically retry on error.
Sorry if this is an FAQ, but I could not find the information.
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