> > I am wondering if there is a way to read the physical blocks (those > > that are readable) and save the data, from that I could be able to > > rebuild some of the mailboxes. > > dd if=/scsi_drive of=/some/file/name > > Should read anything readable, though without bs=xxx it may be > quite slow. You can usually then mount the file via mdconfig(8). > If the partition table is intact you can specify that instead of the > whole disk. This can make the fiddly bit with trying to figure out > exactly what part will mount under md(4).
I tried dd if=/dev/da0s1 of=/somefile dd stopped after a short while with I/O error, after a number of SCSI reading errors. best regards, Olivier _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"