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From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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Subject: Re: Retrieving data from a totally hosed filesystem
In-Reply-To: <57pvoqypdr.fsf@tees.elsevier.co.uk> from Paul Richards at "Oct 28, 97 01:43:28 pm"
To: p.richards@elsevier.co.uk (Paul Richards)
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 09:01:14 -0800 (PST)
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According to Paul Richards:
> 
> This is Cc'd to current since I think there's a problem with fsck (see
> below).
> 
> 
> I totally trashed a partition on my hard disk a week ago ( I was
> playing with bootblocks and scsi adapter setttings!) and I'd like to
> try and retrieve data from, not critical but I'm curious how to go
> about it since it's happened.
> 

[description of fsck and lost+found deleted]

I would use the backup tape I made before I started to experiment
with the disk subsystems.

man dump
man restore

-- 
Steve

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