Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:34:52 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@freebsd.org> To: Frank Tobin <ftobin@neverending.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recovering normal partition from vinum Message-ID: <20021107083452.A592@firefly.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0211051756260.10888-100000@palanthas.neverending.org>; from ftobin@neverending.org on Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 05:58:11PM -0500 References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0211051353380.9663-100000@palanthas.neverending.org> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0211051756260.10888-100000@palanthas.neverending.org>
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On Tuesday, 5 November 2002 at 17:58:11 -0500, Frank Tobin wrote: > Frank Tobin, on 2002-11-05, wrote: > >> I'm trying to recover as much data as possible from a vinum partition >> that was on top of a faulty hd. To make sure vinum doesn't wipe >> anything accidentally, I'd like to get access to it as a normal fbsd >> partition or slice. Is it possible to tell dd to read the vinum >> partition, skip N amount of blocks (the vinum header), and have a normal >> FreeBSD partition or slice left? > > Just a followup; I found that the first 265 blocks are 'vinum' info, so > skipping those blocks and writing out the rest to a file using dd, and > then using vnconfig to mount the file, allows access. Well, first this only works with a plex with a single subdisk, which also makes it concatenated. Under those circumstances, you just need to map a partition to correspond with the position of the subdisk on the disk. No copying or extra space required. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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