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Date:      Tue, 28 Oct 1997 15:30:59 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        James Buszard-Welcher <james@reef.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Recovering Lost Inode?
Message-ID:  <19971028153059.20678@lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <3455334C.D2AD37F6@reef.com>; from James Buszard-Welcher on Mon, Oct 27, 1997 at 06:35:24PM -0600
References:  <3454F51C.C37E37EB@reef.com> <19971028095703.58858@lemis.com> <3455334C.D2AD37F6@reef.com>

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On Mon, Oct 27, 1997 at 06:35:24PM -0600, James Buszard-Welcher wrote:
> Thanks for the response.  I'm sure it's too late now, with inode
> recycling, etc.  However, if I had been unable to umount the
> filesystem... (we now enter the theoretical zone)
> *could* I have been able to use somekindof Norton's Utilities-esque
> package for UNIX which could check inodes and look for ones that
> were 'file starters', and maybe check the that if all of the inodes
> pointed to by that starter inode (it was big file so I excect
> a level or two of inode redirection) were still intact it could
> pull it back?  Kinda like an 'un-delete' fsck?  Ever hear of
> such a thing?

Good question.  I don't have a good answer.  The first big problem is
identifying the inode.  You could have literally millions to check.

Greg



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