From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jul 11 19:52:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA15660 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 11 Jul 1997 19:52:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA15655 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 1997 19:52:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id MAA27497; Sat, 12 Jul 1997 12:22:29 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707120252.MAA27497@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Data Recovery In-Reply-To: from Bradley Reynolds at "Jul 11, 97 09:53:16 pm" To: weasel@temp.harborcom.net (Bradley Reynolds) Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 12:22:29 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Bradley Reynolds stands accused of saying: > > I was wondering if someone out there could help me with a > data recovery problem. It seems that the disklabel on one > of our scsi drives magically disappeared. Do you know the details of the disklabel, ie. which partitions were where? If so, you can recreate the label fairly painlessly. > Does anyone know any data recovery shops that are experienced > with freeBSD (if possible, with this issue)? If all that's gone is the label, there are not a few FreeBSD hackers who would be able to recreate it fairly easily; what sort of geographic range could you ship the drive within? How vital is the data on the disk? Do you have a Recent Backup? > -Bradley -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[