Re: Distinguishing between hardware, software, and operator induced symptoms
Le 18/11/2016 à 15:25, Richard Owlett a écrit :
As noted in the "Invoking ddrescue" thread
[https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/11/msg00641.html], my laptop
[dedicated to educational/experimental projects which could fail
spectacularly] used to apparently successfully run ddrescue, malfunctioned.
The most important tool is a brain with knowledge of the history. Exemple :
Q. Did the operator change anything to the system before it failed ?
A. Yes. He created a permanent automatic mount entry in fstab for a
removable device which is not always present. BIG mistake. At least when
you do that, add the "nofail" option and use an identifier which is less
volatile than the device file.
Solution : revert the change. No need to reinstall.
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