[ale] dd - how long should it take?

[f.g.robertson at alexiongroup.com (F. Grant Robertson)]

I've done several 6.4 gig ide drives and, they usually take 3-4 hours.  A
disk that's going bad may reread blocks a bit, which would slow the process
down. As long as the green lights are flickering, and there is nothing
really ugly in the syslog, just let it run.

-G


-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of J.M.
Taylor
Subject: [ale] dd - how long should it take?

Anybody ever been crazy/desperate enough to dd a 9gb SCSI disk?
We've had a dd going on a Sun 450 for hours now.  dd as far as I know
doesn't offer verbose, so it's just quietly sitting there.  *Something* is
happening between the disks b/c the little green lights are flickering on
them.