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Date:      Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:34:49 +0400
From:      "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com>
To:        "mrideout@windserve.com" <mrideout@windserve.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Overburned DVD data recovery
Message-ID:  <cb5206420510110234s47aad0e9pf0f856ac773eeb26@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <37546.127.0.0.1.1128976021.squirrel@127.0.0.1>
References:  <37546.127.0.0.1.1128976021.squirrel@127.0.0.1>

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On 10/11/05, mrideout@windserve.com <mrideout@windserve.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a cron job that backs up a FreeBSD server's files to DVD+RW media
> each evening using growisofs from the dvd+rw-tools port. There are some
> files that I need to recover, but the problem is, the last 2 weeks of
> backups were a few hundred megabytes too large, and overburned.
>
> Is there any way to recover data from these overburned DVDs? I tried
> mounting them from FreeBSD, Windows and Mac systems without success. I
> also tried running "cat /dev/acd0 | gzip > data.iso.gz" in an attempt to
> grab the raw bits of the disk, but that only resulted in an input/output
> error.
>
> Restoring a 2-week-old backup is an option, but any ideas on how I might
> read data off of these overburned disks would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
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I'd start with trying to dd the DVD to an ordinary file
(dd if=3D/dev/dvd-device of=3D/usr/recov.iso bs=3D2048)
and then trying to mount that file.



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