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Date:      Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:45:08 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
Cc:        Kelly Martin <kellymartin@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: hard disk failure - now what?
Message-ID:  <20090825194508.a6c3983e.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <20090825150438.GA10392@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
References:  <1338880b0908241129p75b6845cg26d21804e118364@mail.gmail.com> <20090824222611.025c4e56.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090825150438.GA10392@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>

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On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:04:38 -0400, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> wrote:
> dd will barf on bad bits too.
> You can tinker to make it skip over the bad block, but it
> won't read it.   

As it has been suggested, there are interesting tools in the
ports collection. I'll post my "famous list" again. Among them,
note ddrescue and dd_rescue. But base system tools such as the
fetch program can help.


System:
	dd
	fsck_ffs
	clri
	fsdb
	fetch -rR <device>
	recoverdisk (!)

Ports:
	ddrescue
	dd_rescue
	ffs2recov
	magicrescue
	testdisk
	The Sleuth Kit:
		fls
		dls
		ils
		autopsy
	scan_ffs
	recoverjpeg
	foremost
	photorec

Those programs are not ordered in any way.


-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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