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The Monday 2007-04-30 at 15:53 +0200, jdd wrote:
> > > Carlos E. R. wrote:
> > >
> > > > When I do a dd, I mount the resulting image file in a loop, and
> > > > use "mc" to copy over the "insides". I don't dd back the image.
> > > it's a very good way, but not all systems allow easy loop mount
> > > (even if this is possible also on windows)
> >
> > I loop mounted ext2, ext3, reiserfs, xfs, iso9something... applied fsck to
> > recover badly damaged filesystems... works fine. I haven't yet found a
> > filesystem type which can not be loopmounted.
>
> I was not thinking of _file_ system, but _operating_ system, namely windows 98
> :-)
But what do I care if windows can not loopmount? That's their problem, not
mine :-P
> using fsck on a loop mounted file system is a very good idea
This way we can try reconstructing a difficult problem. If fsck fails one
way, I make another copy and retry.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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