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Re: [Sheflug] Hard disc failiure on a reiser file system.

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From: Alex Hudson <home [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 20:06:13 +0100
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On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 19:58 +0100, Rob Keeling wrote:
> Thinking of taring the / folder, pipeing via ssh to a box with spare space

Maybe unpack the backup you already have, and then rsync on top of it?
Would save some bandwidth... 

> before shutting down
> the machine overnight to see if things improve tomorrow!

Trust me, I really don't think it will improve. Your disk is dying, and
I've never seen one recover.

Cheers,

Alex.

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References:
- [Sheflug] Hard disc failiure on a reiser file system.
  - From: Rob Keeling
- Re: [Sheflug] Hard disc failiure on a reiser file system.
  - From: Alex Hudson
- Re: [Sheflug] Hard disc failiure on a reiser file system.
  - From: Rob Keeling

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