From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 28 09:41:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA06638 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 09:41:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from pillar.elsevier.co.uk (root@pillar.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.222.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA06627; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 09:40:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from p.richards@elsevier.co.uk) Received: from snowdon.elsevier.co.uk (snowdon.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.197.164]) by pillar.elsevier.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA14627; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 17:39:31 GMT Received: from screavie.elsevier.co.uk by snowdon.elsevier.co.uk with SMTP (PP); Tue, 28 Oct 1997 17:39:53 +0000 Received: from tees.elsevier.co.uk (tees.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.192.70]) by screavie.elsevier.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA25560; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 17:39:49 GMT Received: (from dpr@localhost) by tees.elsevier.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA00563; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 17:39:49 GMT To: Steve Kargl Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Retrieving data from a totally hosed filesystem References: <199710281701.JAA18177@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> From: Paul Richards Date: 28 Oct 1997 17:39:48 +0000 In-Reply-To: Steve Kargl's message of Tue, 28 Oct 1997 09:01:14 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <57n2jtzt0b.fsf@tees.elsevier.co.uk> Lines: 20 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.4.37/Emacs 19.30 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Steve Kargl writes: > I would use the backup tape I made before I started to experiment > with the disk subsystems. > > man dump > man restore :-) I don't back up the boxes I play on, I think in future I will though since I lost some play things I didn't want to lose. This is more of a "fun" exercise though to see how much can actually be retrieved since the raw data is actually on the disk. -- Dr Paul Richards. IT, Product Application Development. Email: p.richards@elsevier.co.uk Phone: x3155