Re: dd: it doesn't continue after errors (original) (raw)

On 12/28/2012 12:41 PM, YuGiOhJCJ Mailing-List wrote:

I am trying to blank a 160 GB hard disk drive but I got an error and dd doesn't want to continue: $ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb conv=noerror,sync dd: writing to `/dev/sdb': Input/output error 6160537+0 records in 6160536+0 records out 3154194432 bytes (3.2 GB) copied, 209.528 s, 15.1 MB/s

Only 3.2 GB have been copied...

Have you any idea on how to force dd to continue after errors?

You mean your hard disk is dying and you want to overwrite it with NULs?

As you most probably will throw it away anyway, why not simply use a hammer to destroy your sensitive data? And maybe using a huge magnet before or after that ... ;-)