on Fri, May 13, 2005 at 02:16:22PM -0600, Glenn English ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 15:09 -0400, Angelina Carlton wrote:
Just for those of us just following along, can I use fdisk to record
the EXACT information on my currently working systems to a file, and
be sure
Karsten M. Self wrote:
on Fri, May 13, 2005 at 02:16:22PM -0600, Glenn English ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 15:09 -0400, Angelina Carlton wrote:
Just for those of us just following along, can I use fdisk to record
the EXACT information on my currently working systems to a
Marty wrote:
Along the general lines of backing up systems and critical data,
there's also the dpkg (or apt) option to produce a list of packages
that can be used to reproduce a complete debian installation.
(I don't have it at my fingertips. Can anyone refresh my memory?)
Here it is,
dpkg
I did a trial on a smaller hard disk. Installed knoppix on it,
rebooted from the hdd to test it. Rebooted again from the Live CD and
(after taking down the Linux partition info) deleted the partitions
and created just one partition, and changed the type to bf (Solaris)
-- the same thing which
Deboo writes:
Someone mentioned that it's theoretically possible to reconstruct and get
all data back.
Nothing theoretical about it. If all you did was repartition all you did
was write a new partition table to the MBR. The data was not touched. Put
the MBR back the way it was and you're
Deboo ^ wrote:
I did a trial on a smaller hard disk. Installed knoppix on it,
rebooted from the hdd to test it. Rebooted again from the Live CD and
(after taking down the Linux partition info) deleted the partitions
and created just one partition, and changed the type to bf (Solaris)
-- the same
On 5/15/05, Marty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Deboo ^ wrote:
I did a trial on a smaller hard disk. Installed knoppix on it,
rebooted from the hdd to test it. Rebooted again from the Live CD and
(after taking down the Linux partition info) deleted the partitions
and created just one
Deboo ^ wrote:
I was already wared about such a thing and that's why I did this small
trial. But now I am stuck what to do to get the data back ... other
than by getting a newer hard drive ...which would be hard on the
pocket for me.
Again, attempting to duplicate a problem like this is
On Sun, 15 May 2005, Deboo ^ wrote:
Well, I just wanted to do a trial run of what I was to do on the drive
in question so I installed knoppix on this smaller drive, booted it to
test it is working, then booting off the knoppix CD again, I deleted
the partitions (the same thing that
On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 03:17:31AM -0400, Deboo ^ wrote:
I did a trial on a smaller hard disk. Installed knoppix on it,
rebooted from the hdd to test it. Rebooted again from the Live CD and
(after taking down the Linux partition info) deleted the partitions
and created just one partition, and
On 5/13/05, Tony Godshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
According to Lee Braiden,
On Friday 13 May 2005 18:32, Deboo ^ wrote:
Since it's not yet formatted, I would think there must be a way to
recover all the data still. I could install this knoppix on the small
3 GB hdd and connecting the
Deboo ^ wrote:
I have lots of data on it, useful data and lots of linux things I
wouldn't like to lose. Can someone help?
I've had luck with gpart[1] in the past, it'll scan the disk and find
any partition boundaries (oh the fun of accidentally writing a rescue
floppy image to /dev/hda).
[1]
On 5/13/05, Jeremy T. Bouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Quite a pickle you've found yourself in, this is a good example
for why not using root much is good. If at this time all you've done is
repartition and save the partition table then the data *should* still be
in tact on the drive.
On 5/13/05, Marty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Deboo ^ wrote:
I accideantally fdisked my linux hard disk and deleted all
partitions, created one single solaris partition.
If you ever ran lilo on a root partition of the disk, then it probably saved
a copy of the mbr in the /boot directory
On 5/13/05, Angelina Carlton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 02:32:16PM -0400, Marty wrote:
Deboo ^ wrote:
I accideantally fdisked my linux hard disk and deleted all
partitions, created one single solaris partition.
If you ever ran lilo on a root partition of the disk,
On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 21:06 -0400, Deboo ^ wrote:
On 5/13/05, Jeremy T. Bouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Quite a pickle you've found yourself in, this is a good example
for why not using root much is good. If at this time all you've done is
repartition and save the partition table
On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 21:12 -0400, Deboo ^ wrote:
On 5/13/05, Marty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Deboo ^ wrote:
I accideantally fdisked my linux hard disk and deleted all
partitions, created one single solaris partition.
If you ever ran lilo on a root partition of the disk, then it
Deboo ^ wrote:
On 5/13/05, Marty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Deboo ^ wrote:
I accideantally fdisked my linux hard disk and deleted all
partitions, created one single solaris partition.
If you ever ran lilo on a root partition of the disk, then it probably saved
a copy of the mbr in the /boot
On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 09:59:32PM -0400, Marty wrote:
The format of the MBR and the fake partition table sectors is documented
in various books about PC hardware, and probably on the web, except for
the details of logical partition table chains which seem hard to find.
Hopefully you won't
Disks? Who needs Disks?
http://www.bash.org/?98
ikkenai i don't have hard drives. i just keep 30 chinese teenagers in my
basement and force them to memorize numbers
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I accideantally fdisked my linux hard disk and deleted all
partitions, created one single solaris partition. I wanted to do this
on my second hard disk and thought I had connected the second one and
disconnected the first, but hadn't disconnected the first one really.
Now I am unable to boot.
On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 13:32 -0400, Deboo ^ wrote:
Since it's not yet formatted, I would think there must be a way to
recover all the data still.
I think that's right. If you know *exactly* the way the disk was
partitioned before (and nothing has been written to it), you should be
able to run
On 5/13/05, Glenn English [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 13:32 -0400, Deboo ^ wrote:
Since it's not yet formatted, I would think there must be a way to
recover all the data still.
I think that's right. If you know *exactly* the way the disk was
partitioned before (and
On Friday 13 May 2005 18:32, Deboo ^ wrote:
Since it's not yet formatted, I would think there must be a way to
recover all the data still. I could install this knoppix on the small
3 GB hdd and connecting the big hdd, try to recover. Is there a
program I can use to recover the data?
Yes,
space to copy data
off the drive in question. Hope this helps you.
- Original Message -
From: Lee Braiden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: Please help: Accidentally wiped off the whole hard disk!!!
On Friday 13 May 2005
Quoting Jason G Skala [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
There is a great program out there called Stellar Phoenix
http://www.stellarinfo.com/
It is not free however it does work and works well I have used it on
my NTFS drives and linux drives even used it on a Tivo Drive. The
program is a read only so you will
Hello
Deboo ^ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
I accideantally fdisked my linux hard disk and deleted all
partitions, created one single solaris partition. I wanted to do this
on my second hard disk and thought I had connected the second one and
disconnected the first, but hadn't disconnected the
Deboo writes:
Well, what would have been written on to the disk other than the new
partition information and that is in the MBR. No formatting wsaa done.
If all you did was repartition the disk you can fix it completely by
partitioning it back exactly the way it was. Just get out your printed
Deboo ^ wrote:
I accideantally fdisked my linux hard disk and deleted all
partitions, created one single solaris partition.
If you ever ran lilo on a root partition of the disk, then it probably saved
a copy of the mbr in the /boot directory which can be manually restored with
a disk editor (for
Quite a pickle you've found yourself in, this is a good example
for why not using root much is good. If at this time all you've done is
repartition and save the partition table then the data *should* still be
in tact on the drive. Experience with data forensics has taught me this.
On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 02:32:16PM -0400, Marty wrote:
Deboo ^ wrote:
I accideantally fdisked my linux hard disk and deleted all
partitions, created one single solaris partition.
If you ever ran lilo on a root partition of the disk, then it probably saved
a copy of the mbr in the /boot
Deboo ^ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
I accideantally fdisked my linux hard disk and deleted all
partitions, created one single solaris partition. I wanted to do this
on my second hard disk and thought I had connected the second one and
disconnected the first, but hadn't disconnected
On Fri, 13 May 2005, Angelina Carlton wrote:
Just for those of us just following along, can I use fdisk to record
the EXACT information on my currently working systems to a file, and
fdisk -l /dev/hda /tmp/hda.fdisk.lst
be sure that file contained enough information to rebuild the
On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 15:09 -0400, Angelina Carlton wrote:
Just for those of us just following along, can I use fdisk to record
the EXACT information on my currently working systems to a file, and
be sure that file contained enough information to rebuild the
partition table if ever needed? Is
Jeremy writes:
Let me put the disclaimer out there that partitioning is a destructive
process by it's very nature.
Partitioning changes nothing but the partition table which is in the MBR.
Nothing else on the disk is touched.
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Alvin Oga wrote:
On Fri, 13 May 2005, Angelina Carlton wrote:
Just for those of us just following along, can I use fdisk to record
the EXACT information on my currently working systems to a file, and
fdisk -l /dev/hda /tmp/hda.fdisk.lst
be sure that file contained enough information to rebuild
According to Lee Braiden,
On Friday 13 May 2005 18:32, Deboo ^ wrote:
Since it's not yet formatted, I would think there must be a way to
recover all the data still. I could install this knoppix on the small
3 GB hdd and connecting the big hdd, try to recover. Is there a
program I can use
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