Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:05:12 +0200 From: Nico -telmich- Schottelius <nico-freebsd-geom@schottelius.org> To: Arne =?utf-8?Q?W=F6rner?= <arne_woerner@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Size of metadate? Message-ID: <20070627080512.GD19980@schottelius.org> In-Reply-To: <66779.12351.qm@web30315.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20070627074338.GC19980@schottelius.org> <66779.12351.qm@web30315.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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--HWvPVVuAAfuRc6SZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Arne W=EF=BF=BDrner [Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 12:57:45AM -0700]: > > > sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=3D16 > > > dd of=3D/dev/amrd0 if=3D/dev/zero bs=3D512 skip=3D286746623 count= =3D1 > > > [...] > >=20 > > I am currently trying that: top reports that dd now uses 99% cpu and it > > is running for about 3 minutes. > >=20 > > I am wondering how long this may run? > >=20 > Ohoh... >=20 > It skips block from the input device... > But it will not seek in the output device... Hmpf, that's why seek=3D was mentioned... > SO: TERMINATE IT!!! :-)) Too late. > Or ur first sector on amrd0 will be destroyed FOREVER...! So, any hints on how to recover the first 512 bytes for me? Btw, I just repeated it with the seek=3D and it worked! Now I've just to restore the mbr=20 a) is there somewhere a copy in memory? B) redoing it shouldn't be a big problem, as the layout was written down :-) Nico --=20 Think about Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). http://nico.schottelius.org/documentations/foss/the-term-foss/ PGP: BFE4 C736 ABE5 406F 8F42 F7CF B8BE F92A 9885 188C --HWvPVVuAAfuRc6SZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGgho4uL75KpiFGIwRAtHkAKDkZjCqaTwUg6Zx/1qiiFlnbg3b0gCgif9P 3zJ4symWARPEO/rN9fhqIeE= =SpCA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HWvPVVuAAfuRc6SZ--
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