Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:53:39 -0500 From: "Rick C. Petty" <rick-freebsd@kiwi-computer.com> To: tech@nano.net Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fsck Message-ID: <20060925205339.GA2049@megan.kiwi-computer.com> In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.2.20060925142809.0300e3e0@nano.net> References: <6.2.0.14.2.20060925123108.03038af0@nano.net> <20060925190740.GI1154@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <6.2.0.14.2.20060925142809.0300e3e0@nano.net>
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On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 02:41:18PM -0600, tech@nano.net wrote: > > Maybe I can mount a dirty partition..... I just need the data off it... Mount it read-only and get the data off it IMMEDIATELY. I wouldn't try fsck-ing on any disk with even a single read or write error. Fsck will fail if it can't find a real sector to allocate, and I don't think it deals well with bad sectors anyway. Point is: don't let it. "dd" the drive ASAP and cut your losses... -- Rick C. Petty
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