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Created July 29, 2023 10:22
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ddrescue -- power drive off and on after every slow read
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ddrescue_restart_slow.sh
#!/bin/bash
DRIVE=sda
IMAGE=
MAPFILE=
until ddrescue /dev/$DRIVE $IMAGE $MAPFILE -n -a 10M --max-slow-reads=0
do
sleep 5
echo "turning off $DRIVE"
echo 1 >/sys/block/$DRIVE/device/delete
sleep 5
echo "turning on $DRIVE"
echo "- - -" >/sys/class/scsi_host/host0/scan
sleep 5
done
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MDeiml commented Jul 29, 2023

Not tested yet

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