> This sounds great because I have an exact binary copy of a partition > where the harddisc had hardware errors on the sector of the superblock. > It 'only' contains private stuff that was not important enough for me to > create such a tool but important enough to burn the image on DVDs and > wait. ;-) > Given that my tool works correctly, you will probably be able to recover all of the lost files, as it does not need any information from the superblock.
> So how do you have to call the program? program INPUT_JFS_PARTITION > OUTPUT_DIRECTORY? > > Will your tool work with an image file as INPUT_JFS_PARTITION too? > something like: % ./jfsrec --device /path/to/imagefile_or_device --output /mnt/recovered As far as I know, there is no difference between reading a device and reading a file in linux (or other unices). I have only tried on imagefiles though. It is recommended to use a imagefile, rather than a device, for recovery. This is especially true for hardware errors, as read/write operations may damage the drive even more. First use dd_rhelp to create an image, and then recover the files from it. This approach demands more disk, which it may or may not be worth. > I just started to recreate the image file from the several DVDs. So on > the coming weekend I could have time to test it. Good. Which OS are you running? I have applied for hosting of this project on sourceforge, but have not recieved any response from them yet. Hopefully I will get a response today or tomorrow. If sourceforge decides to host this project I will release the source from there. Then, I will make an "official" announcement on this list, and we may continue all jfsrec-related discussions on the jfsrec mailinglists. Best regards, Simon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Jfs-discussion mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jfs-discussion
