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I've been running a clone on a drive with bad sectors for 7 hours. The external is getting hot to the touch. I'd rather not fry both drives, but I also don't want to start over. Google results came up with nothing.

Anyone know a way I can pause to give the drives a rest?

karel
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Joseph
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  • I dont think so... Perhaps get a desk fan to blow on the drive? – Keltari Dec 09 '13 at 15:11
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    I'll restart with DDrescue to copy good sectors first. At least that I can stop and continue. The drive is enclosed. Poor air flow. – Joseph Dec 09 '13 at 15:14
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    "I put ice over it in the time being." Damn. Cook some eggs. (Joke aside, try to remove the case and make the drive function somehow?) – Apache Dec 09 '13 at 15:17

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Go to a terminal and send it a stop signal (kill -SIGSTOP pid), send a continue one when you want to resume (kill -SIGCONT pid)

Ángel
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