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-ray wrote: >you could try dd if=/dev/hdc1 of=/tmp/hdc1 to get a raw dump of the >partition, then use the strings command to see if you recognize any of the >data there. of course you may see old junk from old filesystems, but >something might trigger your memory. if you copied files there shortly >after the mkfs, a lot of the data may be contiguous... > >ray > Thanks for the suggestion! I just did a strings on the drive itself instead of copying it (I tried on a junk partition with data to verify it would work without the dd) and it came up with nothing. So - it looks like I partitioned the drive but never did anything else with it. Thanks for the suggestion. I think I can safely wipe out the drive now without worrying. Shannon > > >On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Shannon Roddy wrote: > > > >>Terry Stockdale wrote: >> >> >> >>>Isn't there one called fsck? As in >>>fsck /dev/hdc2 -r >>> >>>The -r option tells it to do an interactive check. >>> >>> >>Actually, I had tried that. here is the output: >> >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] sr]# fsck -r /dev/hdc2 >>fsck 1.27 (8-Mar-2002) >>e2fsck 1.27 (8-Mar-2002) >>Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks... >>fsck.ext2: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hdc2 >> >>The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 >>filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 >>filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock >>is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: >> e2fsck -b 8193 <device> >> >>I am beginning to wonder if I really had put any data there... I just >>want to be able to make sure before I wipe it out. >> >>Shannon >> >> >> >>>>I think I must just be missing something here....? Or I am mistaken >>>>and I didn't really put the files there to begin with? >>>> >>>>Thanks, >>>>Shannon >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>General mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- Shannon Roddy __________________________________________________________________ Systems Administrator California Institute of Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 Web Page http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy Calendar/Schedule See Home Page Wireless Email (255 Chars) [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------090903090309040207060108 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <br> <br> -ray wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> <pre wrap="">you could try dd if=/dev/hdc1 of=/tmp/hdc1 to get a raw dump of the partition, then use the strings command to see if you recognize any of the data there. of course you may see old junk from old filesystems, but something might trigger your memory. if you copied files there shortly after the mkfs, a lot of the data may be contiguous... ray</pre> </blockquote> <br> Thanks for the suggestion! I just did a strings on the drive itself instead of copying it (I tried on a junk partition with data to verify it would work without the dd) and it came up with nothing. So - it looks like I partitioned the drive but never did anything else with it.<br> <br> Thanks for the suggestion. I think I can safely wipe out the drive now without worrying.<br> <br> Shannon<br> <br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> <pre wrap=""> On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Shannon Roddy wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> Terry Stockdale wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Isn't there one called fsck? As in fsck /dev/hdc2 -r The -r option tells it to do an interactive check. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Actually, I had tried that. here is the output: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sr]# fsck -r /dev/hdc2 fsck 1.27 (8-Mar-2002) e2fsck 1.27 (8-Mar-2002) Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks... fsck.ext2: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hdc2 The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: e2fsck -b 8193 <device> I am beginning to wonder if I really had put any data there... I just want to be able to make sure before I wipe it out. Shannon </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I think I must just be missing something here....? Or I am mistaken and I didn't really put the files there to begin with? Thanks, Shannon </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> _______________________________________________ General mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net";>http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""><!----> </pre> </blockquote> <br> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="$mailwrapcol">-- Shannon Roddy __________________________________________________________________ Systems Administrator California Institute of Technology <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a> LIGO Livingston Observatory ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 Web Page <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy";>http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy</a> Calendar/Schedule See Home Page Wireless Email (255 Chars) <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a> </pre> <br> </body> </html> --------------090903090309040207060108--
