Option to not format SSD on setup

[simonr0204]

Almost synced up after a couple of weeks, looks like my SD card is dead/dying as I'm getting errors like:

blk_update_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 5434354 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 0

(Could this be an issue in itself? SD card was of reputable brand, and completely new - surprised to see it give out so quickly)

If I flash a new SD card, and boot up with the same SSD attached, is there a way to make the sync pick up from where it left off, using the data that it finds on the SSD? It would be a shame to have the setup process format the SSD and start from scratch.

Any ideas ?

[cpecorari]

My 2 cents, since its old... Try either dd copy your actual SD if not too corrupted, or just flash another SD from scratch image, boot with other SSD for initialization, turn off your PI when syncing, and change your SSD with actual data back ? Interesting case as it's quite long to sync, and corrupted SD happens all the time...