Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 19:34:24 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Superblock. Message-ID: <19990908193424.D58237@florence.pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <14294.41194.422190.809990@trooper.velocet.ca> References: <14294.41194.422190.809990@trooper.velocet.ca>
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On Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 01:46:18PM -0400, David Gilbert wrote: > So... I lost my partition table. I'm willing to spend a little time > on this. Is there a byte sequence that I might recognise in a > superblock or at the start of a partition? I know this isn't an easy > task, but man 5 fs leads me to believe that I might find: > > #define FS_MAGIC 0x011954 /* the fast filesystem magic number */ > #define FS_OKAY 0x7c269d38 /* superblock checksum */ > > ... but I don't see those bytes. Any hints? > > I'm willing to post a description of a solution for the FAQ if I can > find the filesystems. > If you have problems finding it, let me know - I'll send a copy (which is currently at home.) Joe -- Josef Karthauser FreeBSD: How many times have you booted today? Technical Manager Viagra for your server (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@uk.freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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