Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-23 Thread Rene Herman
On 07/23/2007 10:08 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: Al Boldi wrote: As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but at least the first 100MB are gone. I can probably live without the first

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-23 Thread Bill Davidsen
Al Boldi wrote: As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but at least the first 100MB are gone. I can probably live without the first partion, but there are many partitions after that,

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-23 Thread Bill Davidsen
Al Boldi wrote: As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but at least the first 100MB are gone. I can probably live without the first partion, but there are many partitions after that,

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-23 Thread Rene Herman
On 07/23/2007 10:08 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: Al Boldi wrote: As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but at least the first 100MB are gone. I can probably live without the first

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-21 Thread Willy Tarreau
On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 08:35:45AM +0100, Anton Altaparmakov wrote: > On 20 Jul 2007, at 06:13, Al Boldi wrote: > >As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion > >table by > >cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the > >way, but > >at least the first

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-21 Thread Willy Tarreau
On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 08:35:45AM +0100, Anton Altaparmakov wrote: On 20 Jul 2007, at 06:13, Al Boldi wrote: As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but at least the first 100MB are

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-20 Thread Anton Altaparmakov
On 20 Jul 2007, at 06:13, Al Boldi wrote: As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but at least the first 100MB are gone. I can probably live without the first partion, but there are

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-20 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jul 20 2007 07:35, Willy Tarreau wrote: >On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 08:13:03AM +0300, Al Boldi wrote: >> As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by >> cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but >> at least the first 100MB are gone.

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-20 Thread Jan-Benedict Glaw
On Thu, 2007-07-19 22:25:49 -0700, James Lamanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/19/07, Al Boldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I tried parted, but it's not working out for me. Does anybody know of a > > simple partition recovery tool, that would just scan the disk for lost > > partions? >

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-20 Thread Jan-Benedict Glaw
On Thu, 2007-07-19 22:25:49 -0700, James Lamanna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/19/07, Al Boldi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried parted, but it's not working out for me. Does anybody know of a simple partition recovery tool, that would just scan the disk for lost partions? Tried gpart?

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-20 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jul 20 2007 07:35, Willy Tarreau wrote: On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 08:13:03AM +0300, Al Boldi wrote: As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but at least the first 100MB are gone. I can

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-20 Thread Anton Altaparmakov
On 20 Jul 2007, at 06:13, Al Boldi wrote: As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but at least the first 100MB are gone. I can probably live without the first partion, but there are

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-19 Thread Dave Young
On 7/20/07, Dave Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 7/20/07, Al Boldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by > cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but /dev/null ? withdraw my wrong comment. >

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-19 Thread Dave Young
On 7/20/07, Willy Tarreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 08:13:03AM +0300, Al Boldi wrote: > As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by > cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but > at least the first 100MB are

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-19 Thread Willy Tarreau
On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 08:13:03AM +0300, Al Boldi wrote: > As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by > cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but > at least the first 100MB are gone. I can probably live without the first >

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-19 Thread Jeffrey V. Merkey
Al Boldi wrote: As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but at least the first 100MB are gone. I can probably live without the first partion, but there are many partitions after that,

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-19 Thread James Lamanna
On 7/19/07, Al Boldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but at least the first 100MB are gone. I can probably live without the first partion, but there are

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-19 Thread Dave Young
On 7/20/07, Al Boldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but /dev/null ? at least the first 100MB are gone. I can probably live without the first partion, but

[RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-19 Thread Al Boldi
As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but at least the first 100MB are gone. I can probably live without the first partion, but there are many partitions after that, which I hope should

[RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-19 Thread Al Boldi
As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but at least the first 100MB are gone. I can probably live without the first partion, but there are many partitions after that, which I hope should

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-19 Thread Dave Young
On 7/20/07, Al Boldi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but /dev/null ? at least the first 100MB are gone. I can probably live without the first partion, but

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-19 Thread James Lamanna
On 7/19/07, Al Boldi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but at least the first 100MB are gone. I can probably live without the first partion, but there are many

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-19 Thread Jeffrey V. Merkey
Al Boldi wrote: As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but at least the first 100MB are gone. I can probably live without the first partion, but there are many partitions after that,

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-19 Thread Willy Tarreau
On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 08:13:03AM +0300, Al Boldi wrote: As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but at least the first 100MB are gone. I can probably live without the first partion,

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-19 Thread Dave Young
On 7/20/07, Willy Tarreau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 08:13:03AM +0300, Al Boldi wrote: As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but at least the first 100MB are gone.

Re: [RFH] Partion table recovery

2007-07-19 Thread Dave Young
On 7/20/07, Dave Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/20/07, Al Boldi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As always, a good friend of mine managed to scratch my partion table by cat'ing /dev/full into /dev/sda. I was able to push him out of the way, but /dev/null ? withdraw my wrong comment. at least