Rodolfo Medina wrote at 2010-09-05 16:54 -0500: >>> The deleted files are from partition hda6: is it all right if I run >>> photorec from partition hda8 and store there the recovered files, _without_ >>> performing _any_ writes in hda6?
green <greenfreedo...@gmail.com> writes: >> You can ensure that no writes are made on hda6 by running the mount command >> and checking the filesystem mount options. You should see 'ro' inside >> parentheses rather than 'rw'. To switch from rw to ro, you can run: # mount >> -o remount,ro /dev/hda6 >> >> You can make that permanent (for the duration of recovery) by editing >> /etc/fstab. Add 'ro' to the 'options' portion of the applicable line. Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.med...@gmail.com> writes: > To do as you suggest, I have to log out hda6 and reboot into hda8, otherwise > mount won't umount hda6 because it's busy. Won't the reboot worse the > damage? ...And: suppose I had only partition hda6 on the hard disk: even using a live CD, as suggested by other listers, where could recovered file have been stored, since we don't want to write on hda6? Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87hbi38qgj....@gmail.com