From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Oct 27 21:01:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA26129 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 27 Oct 1997 21:01:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA26114 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 1997 21:01:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id PAA00161; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 15:30:59 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19971028153059.20678@lemis.com> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 15:30:59 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: James Buszard-Welcher Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recovering Lost Inode? References: <3454F51C.C37E37EB@reef.com> <19971028095703.58858@lemis.com> <3455334C.D2AD37F6@reef.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <3455334C.D2AD37F6@reef.com>; from James Buszard-Welcher on Mon, Oct 27, 1997 at 06:35:24PM -0600 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Fight-Spam-Now: http://www.cauce.org Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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