On Mon, 06 Sep 2010, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
To avoid that risk, would it be all right, from within hda6, just cd to hda8
and there perform writes?
It doesn't really matter from where you run the program, only where it
writes to. And you must only write to another disk.
That said, it is better if you unmount the partition with deleted
files, or at least remount it read-only. If it is busy, stop the
processes that have open files in it (see lsof and fuser programs).
While it may cause writes to the system, it's better that simply pull
the power cord and risk file system corruption. And if programs are
running, they might be writing files.
If it's the root partition, you'll need to reboot in another system,
either from a CD (easiest way) or another system in your HD, if you
have one.
Excuse so many questions, but the issue is a major one.
If it's major, why so much resistance in following the advice that has
been given?
First, it seems you haven't yet unmounted the partition where files
were deleted, even after some 24 hours of the problem. That should
have been the first thing to do.
The easiest way to do that is turn off the system. (While not strictly
necessary - the important bit is to unmount the partition with deleted
files, since you'll be doing a reboot, it doesn't matter.) Download
and burn a live CD, if necessary using another computer. If it already
has the recovery program, it is easier, if not, select one that allows
installing new packages from the live system (Ubuntu does, packages go
in RAM filesystem.) Run the recovery program from the live CD on the
partition. It may be that the program requires the partition to be
unmounted, if not, and you must mount it, mount it as read-only. Let
it run, and store the results somewhere else - another partition,
another drive, pen drive, in another computer (via network, etc.)
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