:
:1) use dd to make the partition a file:
:
: dd conv=noerror,sync if=/dev/wd1s1e of=var.file
:
:2) use ffsrecov (from ports) to scan that file for backup superblocks (my
:primary super block was corrupt so ffsrecov would crash if I tried to
:recover anything)
:
: ffsrecov -s var.file
:...
You can also run fsck on the file directly, believe it or not! Use
the -b option to specify the alternate superblock. You can then use
the VN device to mount the file as a filesystem and copy it off, or
you can run dump specifying the file directly (not use vn) to copy it
off.
Example:
dd if=/dev/da0s1a of=fubar bs=32k
fsck fubar
fubar is not a disk device
CONTINUE? [yn] y
...
vnconfig -r labels -c vn0 fubar
mount /dev/vn0 /mnt
Or (WARNING: make sure you specify the proper arguments to dump or you
may accidently overwrite the image file):
dd if=/dev/da0s1a of=fubar bs=32k
fsck fubar
fubar is not a disk device
CONTINUE? [yn] y
...
dump 0af - fubar > fubar.dump
:Thankyou again,
:
:Andrew
:
-Matt
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