Re: [gentoo-user] testing a corrupt SD card

2009-02-11 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Iain Buchanan wrote: > On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 19:36 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Iain Buchanan >> wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > recently my SD card just went bonkers. Unfortunately I lost a lot of >> > photos on it (backups are u

Re: [gentoo-user] testing a corrupt SD card

2009-02-11 Thread Stroller
On 11 Feb 2009, at 00:54, Iain Buchanan wrote: On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 22:21 +, Stroller wrote: On 6 Feb 2009, at 05:28, Iain Buchanan wrote: ... so I created a file: dd if=/dev/urandom of=Desktop/random.img bs=1024 count=500960 It has just occurred to me: In the UK you can be imprisoned

Re: [gentoo-user] testing a corrupt SD card

2009-02-11 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 19:36 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > recently my SD card just went bonkers. Unfortunately I lost a lot of > > photos on it (backups are useless until the data actually gets to the > > backup...) but fort

Re: [gentoo-user] testing a corrupt SD card

2009-02-11 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 22:21 +, Stroller wrote: > On 6 Feb 2009, at 05:28, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > ... > > so I created a file: > > dd if=/dev/urandom of=Desktop/random.img bs=1024 count=500960 > > It has just occurred to me: > > In the UK you can be imprisoned for failing to provide an encry

Re: [gentoo-user] testing a corrupt SD card

2009-02-11 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 07:11 +, Stroller wrote: > On 6 Feb 2009, at 05:28, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > It's a Lexar Media 512Mb SD card, a couple of years old. Yes I know I > > can get a cheap 2Gb for <$20 but I'm more interested in the > > principle of > > the test :) > > I thought you could g

Re: [gentoo-user] testing a corrupt SD card

2009-02-06 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > Good luck! In case you can't get it working reliably, Newegg has an > 8gb CF card for $19.99 & free shipping :) Oops, never mind that part, I see you're in AU not US. My mistake! I am an American after all, sometimes we forget other countries

Re: [gentoo-user] testing a corrupt SD card

2009-02-06 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Iain Buchanan wrote: > Hi all, > > recently my SD card just went bonkers. Unfortunately I lost a lot of > photos on it (backups are useless until the data actually gets to the > backup...) but fortunately I was able to use a program to recover about > 170 photos.

Re: [gentoo-user] testing a corrupt SD card

2009-02-06 Thread Stroller
On 6 Feb 2009, at 05:28, Iain Buchanan wrote: ... so I created a file: dd if=/dev/urandom of=Desktop/random.img bs=1024 count=500960 It has just occurred to me: In the UK you can be imprisoned for failing to provide an encryption key corresponding to this file. Stroller.

Re: [gentoo-user] testing a corrupt SD card

2009-02-05 Thread Stroller
On 6 Feb 2009, at 05:28, Iain Buchanan wrote: It's a Lexar Media 512Mb SD card, a couple of years old. Yes I know I can get a cheap 2Gb for <$20 but I'm more interested in the principle of the test :) I thought you could get then for < $5, but anyway so I created a file: dd if=/dev/u

[gentoo-user] testing a corrupt SD card

2009-02-05 Thread Iain Buchanan
Hi all, recently my SD card just went bonkers. Unfortunately I lost a lot of photos on it (backups are useless until the data actually gets to the backup...) but fortunately I was able to use a program to recover about 170 photos. Anyway, I don't know if it was just static, shock, dead card, or