Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:02:59 -0600 From: tech@nano.net To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fsck Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.2.20060925150231.03029eb0@nano.net> In-Reply-To: <20060925205339.GA2049@megan.kiwi-computer.com> References: <6.2.0.14.2.20060925123108.03038af0@nano.net> <20060925190740.GI1154@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <6.2.0.14.2.20060925142809.0300e3e0@nano.net> <20060925205339.GA2049@megan.kiwi-computer.com>
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Thanks.... At 02:53 PM 9/25/2006, you wrote: >On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 02:41:18PM -0600, tech@nano.net wrote: > > > > Maybe I can mount a dirty partition..... I just need the data off it... > >Mount it read-only and get the data off it IMMEDIATELY. I wouldn't try >fsck-ing on any disk with even a single read or write error. Fsck will >fail if it can't find a real sector to allocate, and I don't think it deals >well with bad sectors anyway. Point is: don't let it. "dd" the drive >ASAP and cut your losses... > >-- Rick C. Petty
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