Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:19:24 +0700 From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> To: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@freebsd.org>, Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gpart destroy, in depth Message-ID: <3942716f-076b-6d06-26fe-0d44087ac779@grosbein.net> In-Reply-To: <29390cd8-56cd-aced-990a-f2b25a00aaed@freebsd.org> References: <64e88636-1e03-7ff5-7d3f-e8a36117cdbe@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.2304111630560.32077@woozle.rinet.ru> <29390cd8-56cd-aced-990a-f2b25a00aaed@freebsd.org>
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12.04.2023 0:46, Graham Perrin wrote: > On 11/04/2023 14:32, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: >>> … >> I suppose sysutils/testdisk will be useful for recovering, as most of actual >> file systems are left intact > > > Thanks, I forgot that the utility has this capability. > > This reignites hope of recovery without a third party. > > Re: my question to Warner about preciseness, now I realise, the answer is almost certainly "Yes", because the manual page for gpart(8) notes that the 'restore' argument/command, which does not affect the content of partitions, can be preceded by destruction (-F). > > Also, thanks to the people who responded privately. I did it previously. Just create same partition at same offset and same length and you get file system back.
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