Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 23:45:58 +0100 From: Michael Ranner <mranner@inode.at> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: scan_ffs for UFS2 Message-ID: <200302192345.58891.mranner@inode.at> In-Reply-To: <20030219212815.GY319@geekpunk.net> References: <200302192220.12731.mranner@inode.at> <20030219212815.GY319@geekpunk.net>
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Am Mittwoch, 19. Februar 2003 22:28 schrieben Sie: > [ Originally crossposted to -hackers and -fs. This reply Bcc'd to > -hackers, followups to -fs. ] > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 10:20:12PM +0100, Michael Ranner wrote: > > Scan_ffs is a system tool from OpenBSD to recover erased disklabels > > from your hard drive. > > Forgive me if I'm being dense, but what features does scan_ffs provide > that are not a subset of the features provided by gpart[0]? > > Seems like a duplicate wheel to me. > > [0] - http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/user/76201/gpart/ or [1] > [1] - ports/sysutils/gpart No, absolute no. Ok I hear from gpart for the first time, but gpart ist GPL and cannot placed in the base distribution. Scan_ffs is a standard tool from the OpenBSD distribution and BSD license. I dont know if gpart does recognize UFS2 superblocks or if gpart is able to recover the BSD disklabel. Regards /\/\ichael Ranner mranner@jawa.at - mranner@bitonline.cc - webmaster@mariazell.at ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JAWA Management Software GmbH - http://www.jawa.at/ Liebenauer Hauptstrasse 2oo - A-8041 Graz Tel +43 316 403274 21 - Fax +43 316 403274 10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mariazell Online - http://www.mariazell.at/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- GIT/CS/AT dx(-) s+:(++:) a- C++ UBLVS++++$ P++>+++$ L-(+)$ E--- W+++$ N+(++) o-- K- w--()$ O-(--) M@ V-(--) PS+>++ PE(-) Y+ PGP(-) t+ 5+ X+++(++++) R* tv++ b+(++) DI++ D-(--) G- e h--(*) r++ y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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