On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 10:23, Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. wrote: > I use an external usb hdd which mounts on sda1. I use it for backups. It > is formatted as vfat since I need to use it on other peoples's machines > too which unfortunately do not (yet :) ) have linux. > > I had it connected and after the data was written to it, the machine > hung. I gave it 15 mins and then when there was no response to either > keyoard or mouse, I had to resort to the reset switch. I also forgot to > disconnect the usb cable while rebooting the machine. > > Now I can't access the data on the hdd and /var/log/messages has this: > > ------------------------------ > Apr 29 09:34:05 farzaan kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel > 0, id 0, lun 0 > Apr 29 09:34:05 farzaan kernel: SCSI device sda: 8452080 512-byte hdwr > sectors (4327 MB) > Apr 29 09:34:06 farzaan kernel: sda: sda1 > Apr 29 09:34:16 farzaan kernel: Filesystem panic (dev 08:01). > Apr 29 09:34:16 farzaan kernel: FAT error > Apr 29 09:34:16 farzaan kernel: File system has been set read-only > Apr 29 09:34:16 farzaan kernel: Directory 174: bad FAT > Apr 29 09:35:03 farzaan kernel: Filesystem panic (dev 08:01). > Apr 29 09:35:03 farzaan kernel: FAT error > Apr 29 09:35:03 farzaan kernel: Directory 509: bad FAT > ------------------------------ > > What I want to know is how do I retrieve my data -- if possible using > linux. I could get access to a windoze box but I'd rather do it from > linux. > > Is it possible ? any experiencces ? any tips ? > Try fsck. man fsck is your friend for command options. -- Sudev Barar Learning Linux
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