Block device to regular file?

2009-04-14 Thread cpghost
I'm trying to recover some deleted files from a UFS2 file system with the sleuthkit. Unfortunatly, most sleuthkit utilities expect regular image files and won't operate on block devices: phenom# fls /dev/ad4s1e Sector offset supplied is larger than disk image (maximum: 0) Of course, I could

Re: Block device to regular file?

2009-04-14 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:17:24 +0200, cpghost cpgh...@cordula.ws wrote: I'm trying to recover some deleted files from a UFS2 file system with the sleuthkit. :-( Unfortunatly, most sleuthkit utilities expect regular image files and won't operate on block devices: phenom# fls /dev/ad4s1e

Re: Block device to regular file?

2009-04-14 Thread cpghost
that it will compress enough to fit, but I was hoping to find a FUSE daemon or something like that, that would turn a block device into a regular file (preferably in read-only mode). In my case, I'm talking about a ca. 80 GB partition which needs 4 hours to be transferred. Yup, 80 GB are still manageable

Re: Block device to regular file?

2009-04-14 Thread Roland Smith
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 07:48:16PM +0200, cpghost wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 07:18:43PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:17:24 +0200, cpghost cpgh...@cordula.ws wrote: I'm trying to recover some deleted files from a UFS2 file system with the sleuthkit.

Re: Block device to regular file?

2009-04-14 Thread cpghost
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 09:36:22PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 07:48:16PM +0200, cpghost wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 07:18:43PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:17:24 +0200, cpghost cpgh...@cordula.ws wrote: I'm trying to recover some deleted