What is the best way to save my linux (open media vault / debian) install from failing disk?

[mkj@social.mkj.earth]

@jonossaseuraava Would definitely second (third, fourth) ddrescue if the target disk wasn't smaller. That would be exactly the use case it's designed for.

Best you can do is probably copy all files to the new disk. Recreate partitions, mount as the same hierarchy under e.g. /mnt, then something like

# rsync -aAHXSv --exclude=/sys --exclude=/proc --exclude=/dev --exclude=/mnt /./ /mnt/./

You will need to reinstall the boot loader on the new disk for bootability.

[cybercow@social.tchncs.de]

@jonossaseuraava My suggestion is to only copy /home/username anyway. and from there not everything. If you are lucky, the bad sector is somewhere else and you can copy your data without problems.

[hosnoopy@m.efg-ober-ramstadt.de]

@jonossaseuraava huff... I dont know. When hdd is broken... I think is impossible.

[keithduthie@mastodon.nz]

@fd93 @jonossaseuraava With advanced mode and the rescue option selected, because otherwise it'll still choke on the I/O errors.

[jonossaseuraava@eliitin-some.fi]

@cybercow
Homes are on separate raid array ans have almost nothing of value on them . luckily.