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Date:      Sat, 29 Aug 1998 22:48:47 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org>
To:        tlambert@primenet.com
Cc:        seggers@semyam.dinoco.de, mi@video-collage.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: recovering disk
Message-ID:  <199808300348.WAA05934@detlev.UUCP>
In-Reply-To: <199808290134.SAA29280@usr01.primenet.com> (message from Terry Lambert on Sat, 29 Aug 1998 01:34:16 %2B0000 (GMT))
References:   <199808290134.SAA29280@usr01.primenet.com>

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>>> [Now the questions is how often this happens.  Would it be worth to
>>> make an additional disklabel and - for systems having it - fdisk 
>>> partition table recovery tool?  How's the opinion on this?]
>> You know what I'd like?  A general disk editor, that can take its
>> input by the block or by the file, with a hex editor as well as some
>> special-purpose viewers.  Something like Norton's Disk Editor.  Said
>> tool has been amazingly useful to me on many an occasion.
> xvi /dev/rsd0e.

Let's start with me reminding you that I had asked for special-purpose
viewers, like superblock and directory block viewers or some such.

Best,
joelh

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