On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Howard White <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, did I tell you that the incumbent OS is SCO Openserver 5 and that my > colleagues don't remember if they used cpio or tar to generate backups? > > When I attempt to dd data off of backup tapes, I get an immediate stop, no > records read. > > I have found a program on SourceForge called Safecopy that seems to read > past that first halt. But Lord knows what random bits I have read to > disk... > > Any data forensics folks in the crowd? Where the fire do I start?
Start with the 'file' utility. It reads the first few bytes of the file to tell you what's stored on the media. -- Tilghman -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
