Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 09:49:20 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, ow@polar.on.ca Subject: Re: How can I un-newfs? Message-ID: <199810201649.JAA29001@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <852566A3.004149CF.00@pnotes1.polar.on.ca>
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>From: "Oliver Wilcock" <ow@polar.on.ca> >Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 07:57:26 -0400 > Is there a way to reverse the newfs process. I know the data I need >must still be on the slice because the newfs was so much faster than the >fsck. I'm sorry; that conclusion is not supported by yoru observations. fsck needs to look at lots of things, and its time will depend (among other things) on the sheer number of files stored on the filesystem). newfs, by its nature, depends nearly completely on the saize of the filesystem to determine how long it will run, and has no dependency on the files (if nay) that might be (or have been) stored there. >It couldn't have wiped my /usr partition completely clean in a few >seconds, could it? Since what it was doing was changing the pointers to the data (vs. the data themselves), I fully expect that it could. > I'm pretty desparate. I have no backup since May. Stupid, stupid, >stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid. Sorry. Maybe someone with a better combination of insight & brilliance than I have will be able to give you a less unpleasant answer. david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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