Thanks Darrell, I am giving this a look right now. I had a similar disaster with SME 5.1.2 and have not been able to retrieve data, though still have the drive. After the power outage, I am looking forward to SME with a journaling filesystem. Thanks for the tip.
Steve Lewis > > I just received the following report from a client I'd been assisting. > FYI they had a power outage. Afterward their server failed to recover > and would not boot. Backups were weeks old. A major disaster loomed! > I'd suggested they give R-Linux a try. Here is their reply, received > only moments ago... > > ------------------------------------- > Darrell, > > FYI... > > Using the RLinux tools I was able to recover the most important data > files from one of the drives (my personal accounting and client data). > I am still working on retrieving the remaining data (55GB). I have most > of this data backed up to another HD so I'm not as concerned about > immediate recovery. The RLinux tool is quite impressive, I'm only sorry > that I had to learn about it under duress. I would like to thank you > again for your assistance. ------------------------------------- > > R-Linux is a free file recovery utility for the Ext2FS file system. I > suggest everyone give it a try and keep a copy handy. > > http://www.r-tt.com/RLinux.shtml > > Regards, > > -- > Darrell May > DMC Netsourced.com > http://netsourced.com > http://myEZserver.com > > > -- > Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues > Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To > unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives by mail and > http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives by mail and http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
