On Wed, Aug 26, 1998 at 09:32:05AM -0700, Michael Rudmin wrote: > More specifically, a magic number is an identifier described in the > Point-to-point protocol. It is a specific packet that is > used to determine when a system is looped back to itself.
hmm oh... that too :) same principal :) I didn't see in the original message that he was asking specifically about ppp > What this has to do with the original question -- restoring a hard drive > -- though, is beyond me. I think that the original questioner > was asking more for a "magic wand" that would make his hard-drive better. Hmm no Magic numbers would apply... I am sure the ext2fs filesystem must have some things in it that could be used to identify structures.... I know very little about the filesystem itself tho...anyone have any pointers to info on it? (other then /usr/src/linux/fs/ext2/*.c ;) ) -STeve -- /* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>------------ */ E-mail "Bumper Stickers": "A FREE America or a Drug-Free America: You can't have both!" "honk if you Love Linux"
