problems with ddrescue

root@muse:/etc/default# ddrescue --force /dev/sdc2 /dev/sdb1 /home/tai/mapfile-keeper1
GNU ddrescue 1.23
Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
     ipos:  167709 MB, non-trimmed:    2350 MB,  current rate:       0 B/s
     opos:  167709 MB, non-scraped:        0 B,  average rate:   6589 kB/s
non-tried:  831417 MB,  bad-sector:        0 B,    error rate:   1455 MB/s
  rescued:  165365 MB,   bad areas:        0,        run time:  6h 58m 16s
pct rescued:   16.55%, read errors:    35948,  remaining time:         n/a
                              time since last successful read:      8m 28s
Copying non-tried blocks... Pass 5 (forwards)
ddrescue: Input file disappeared: No such file or directory

OS Dropped the device due to bad read errors. click. click. click.

Try the same operation with the same map file but reading the drive in the opposite direction with -R

Can't get drive to stay responsive long enough to get much copied off it. :(