From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 26 19:23:43 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D26F916A4CE for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2004 19:23:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from nitroba.com (ip-64-7-15-234.dsl.bos.megapath.net [64.7.15.234]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CE7F43D1D for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2004 19:23:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from SIMSONG@ACM.ORG) Received: from r2i (KITCHEN.NITROBA.COM [192.168.1.9]) by nitroba.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i7QJNaV2092098; Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:23:37 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from SIMSONG@ACM.ORG) Message-Id: <200408261923.i7QJNaV2092098@nitroba.com> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 15:23:28 EST From: SIMSONG@ACM.ORG To: maxim@macomnet.ru, simsong@csail.mit.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Seven Personal Edition (v 4.0) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.39 cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems with fsck_ffs X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 19:23:44 -0000 Ah. Everthying is in ports. But tools like this need to be statically linked and integrated in fsck so they are there when you need them. --- Original Message --- From: Maxim Konovalov Sent: Thu 8/26/2004 1:56 pm To: "Simson L. Garfinkel" Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems with fsck_ffs [...] > > 2. There is no obvious functionality to scan the whole hard-drive for > > backup superblocks. > > > > => I've written such a program. If I integrate it into fsck, > > => will > > you take the mods? There are src/tools/tools/find-sb and ports/sysutils/scan_ffs. And I have my own implemetation of course :-) -- Maxim Konovalov