Re: sda2 is corrupted (HOWTO NOT HELP)

2012-07-06 Thread Bryn M. Reeves
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/06/2012 05:35 PM, Jim wrote: > Thanks Rick I have done all that you have said but now I'm running > into read-only file systems, what command would I use to change the > ro to rw on external hard drive sdb1 ? > Since the original dd command: d

Re: sda2 is corrupted (HOWTO NOT HELP)

2012-07-06 Thread Bryn M. Reeves
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/06/2012 05:35 PM, Jim wrote: > Thanks Rick I have done all that you have said but now I'm running > into read-only file systems, what command would I use to change the > ro to rw on external hard drive sdb1 ? > It was probably still mounted fro

Re: sda2 is corrupted

2012-07-06 Thread Jim
On 07/06/2012 12:35 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 06.07.2012 18:28, schrieb Jim: On 07/06/2012 12:11 PM, Jim wrote: On 07/06/2012 12:02 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:22:55 -0400, Jim wrote: /dev/sdb1 is now a blockwise copy of /dev/sda2 On 05.07.2012, Jim wrote: There

Re: sda2 is corrupted (HOWTO NOT HELP)

2012-07-06 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 06.07.2012 18:35, schrieb Jim: > On 07/06/2012 12:20 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: >>> that is exactly what I did but nothing shows up on /dev/sdb1 external >>> drive after dd has completed . >> >> Jim, what the others are trying to say (and several of them not too >> gracefully) is that the comman

Re: sda2 is corrupted

2012-07-06 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 06.07.2012 18:28, schrieb Jim: > On 07/06/2012 12:11 PM, Jim wrote: >> On 07/06/2012 12:02 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: >>> On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:22:55 -0400, Jim wrote: >>> >> /dev/sdb1 is now a blockwise copy of /dev/sda2 > On 05.07.2012, Jim wrote: > >> There are some import

Re: sda2 is corrupted (HOWTO NOT HELP)

2012-07-06 Thread Jim
line Original-Nachricht ---- Betreff: Re: sda2 is corrupted Datum: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 20:15:14 +0200 Von: Heinz Diehl Antwort an: Community support for Fedora users Organisation: private site An:users@lists.fedoraproject.org On 05.07.2012, Jim wrote: There are some important data files

Re: sda2 is corrupted

2012-07-06 Thread Jim
On 07/06/2012 12:11 PM, Jim wrote: On 07/06/2012 12:02 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:22:55 -0400, Jim wrote: /dev/sdb1 is now a blockwise copy of /dev/sda2 On 05.07.2012, Jim wrote: There are some important data files I must save off of sda2 Before you start any rescue

Re: sda2 is corrupted (HOWTO NOT HELP)

2012-07-06 Thread Rick Stevens
at it does in a real dangerous way and blindly following any advise without trying to understand what are you doing hopefully lesson learned -> BOTH of you! this is why i said "google for ddrescue" and NOT provide any HIGH DANGEROUS command line Original-Nachricht ---- Betreff:

Re: sda2 is corrupted

2012-07-06 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 06.07.2012 18:11, schrieb Jim: > On 07/06/2012 12:02 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: >> On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:22:55 -0400, Jim wrote: >> > /dev/sdb1 is now a blockwise copy of /dev/sda2 On 05.07.2012, Jim wrote: > There are some important data files I must save off of sda2

Re: sda2 is corrupted

2012-07-06 Thread Jim
On 07/06/2012 12:02 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote: On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:22:55 -0400, Jim wrote: /dev/sdb1 is now a blockwise copy of /dev/sda2 On 05.07.2012, Jim wrote: There are some important data files I must save off of sda2 Before you start any rescueing, take a full snapshot of the pa

Re: sda2 is corrupted

2012-07-06 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:22:55 -0400, Jim wrote: > >> /dev/sdb1 is now a blockwise copy of /dev/sda2 > > On 05.07.2012, Jim wrote: > > > >> There are some important data files I must save off of sda2 > > Before you start any rescueing, take a full snapshot of the partition, > > e.g. "dd if=/dev/sd

Re: sda2 is corrupted (HOWTO NOT HELP)

2012-07-06 Thread Reindl Harald
ant a image you have to use "dd if=/deV7sda1 >>> of=/path/filename.image" >> well, i guess the reason why this happened was a combination >> of plain stupid advise below without explain what it does in >> a real dangerous way and blindly following any advise withou

Re: sda2 is corrupted (HOWTO NOT HELP)

2012-07-06 Thread Jim
g any advise without trying to understand what are you doing hopefully lesson learned -> BOTH of you! this is why i said "google for ddrescue" and NOT provide any HIGH DANGEROUS command line Original-Nachricht ---- Betreff: Re: sda2 is corrupted Datum: Thu, 5 Jul 201

Re: sda2 is corrupted (HOWTO NOT HELP)

2012-07-06 Thread Reindl Harald
you have to use "dd if=/deV7sda1 of=/path/filename.image" well, i guess the reason why this happened was a combination of plain stupid advise below without explain what it does in a real dangerous way and blindly following any advise without trying to understand what are you doing hopeful

Re: sda2 is corrupted

2012-07-06 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 06.07.2012 16:11, schrieb Jim: > On 07/05/2012 01:30 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >>> I have tried to use fedora and Gparted with no luck >> you should not play around before >> knowing what problem the drive has >> >> if it is a physical problem google for "ddrescue" >> >>> There are some importa

Re: sda2 is corrupted

2012-07-06 Thread Bryn M. Reeves
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/06/2012 03:11 PM, Jim wrote: > I run dd if=/dev/sda2 of=/dev/sdb1 to copy, supposely a 26gb > image to sdb1 but i do not see a image on sdb1 . > > Confused ??? That writes a block-for-block image of the content of sda2 to the device sdb1. It

Re: sda2 is corrupted

2012-07-06 Thread Jim
On 07/05/2012 01:30 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 05.07.2012 19:15, schrieb Jim: Fedora 17 the sda2 /home is corruoted and it changed /home partitiion to UNKNOWN and it won't let me change the label back to /home what does "mount /dev/sda /home" say in "dmesg"` I have tried to use fedora and

Re: sda2 is corrupted

2012-07-05 Thread Mark C. Allman
On Thu, 2012-07-05 at 14:43 -0400, Mark C. Allman wrote: > > > Follow allmanpc on Twitter View Mark Allman, PMP, CSM's profile on > LinkedIn > > > > On Thu, 2012-07-05 at 14:30 -0400, Jim wrote: > > On 07/05/2012 02:13 PM, Mark C. Allman wrote: > > > On Thu, 2012-07-05 at 13:47 -0400, Jim wrot

Re: sda2 is corrupted

2012-07-05 Thread Mark C. Allman
Follow allmanpc on Twitter View Mark Allman, PMP, CSM's profile on LinkedIn On Thu, 2012-07-05 at 14:30 -0400, Jim wrote: > On 07/05/2012 02:13 PM, Mark C. Allman wrote: > > On Thu, 2012-07-05 at 13:47 -0400, Jim wrote: > >> On 07/05/2012 01:23 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: > >>> On 05.07.2

Re: sda2 is corrupted

2012-07-05 Thread Joe Wulf
>Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2012 2:30 PM >Subject: Re: sda2 is corrupted > >On 07/05/2012 02:13 PM, Mark C. Allman wrote: >> On Thu, 2012-07-05 at 13:47 -0400, Jim wrote: >>> On 07/05/2012 01:23 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: >>>> On 05.07.2012 19:15, Jim w

Re: sda2 is corrupted

2012-07-05 Thread Jim
On 07/05/2012 02:13 PM, Mark C. Allman wrote: On Thu, 2012-07-05 at 13:47 -0400, Jim wrote: On 07/05/2012 01:23 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: On 05.07.2012 19:15, Jim wrote: Fedora 17 the sda2 /home is corruoted and it changed /home partitiion to UNKNOWN and it won't let me change the label

Re: sda2 is corrupted

2012-07-05 Thread Jim
On 07/05/2012 01:30 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 05.07.2012 19:15, schrieb Jim: Fedora 17 the sda2 /home is corruoted and it changed /home partitiion to UNKNOWN and it won't let me change the label back to /home what does "mount /dev/sda /home" say in "dmesg"` I have tried to use fedora and

Re: sda2 is corrupted

2012-07-05 Thread Mark C. Allman
On Thu, 2012-07-05 at 13:47 -0400, Jim wrote: > On 07/05/2012 01:23 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: > > On 05.07.2012 19:15, Jim wrote: > >> Fedora 17 > >> > >> the sda2 /home is corruoted and it changed /home partitiion to UNKNOWN > >> and it won't let me change the label back to /home > >> > >> I

Re: sda2 is corrupted

2012-07-05 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 05.07.2012, Jim wrote: > There are some important data files I must save off of sda2 Before you start any rescueing, take a full snapshot of the partition, e.g. "dd if=/dev/sda2 of=/dev/on_an_external_disk" or something like that. Otherwise, your efforts to rescue the data can actually ruin

Re: sda2 is corrupted

2012-07-05 Thread Joe Wulf
future problems. > > From: Jim >To: Community support for Fedora users >Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2012 1:47 PM >Subject: Re: sda2 is corrupted > >On 07/05/2012 01:23 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: >> On 05.07.2012 19:15, Jim wrote: >>> Fedora 17 >&

Re: sda2 is corrupted

2012-07-05 Thread Jim
On 07/05/2012 01:23 PM, Mateusz Marzantowicz wrote: On 05.07.2012 19:15, Jim wrote: Fedora 17 the sda2 /home is corruoted and it changed /home partitiion to UNKNOWN and it won't let me change the label back to /home I have tried to use fedora and Gparted with no luck. There are some important

Re: sda2 is corrupted

2012-07-05 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 05.07.2012 19:15, schrieb Jim: > Fedora 17 > > the sda2 /home is corruoted and it changed /home partitiion to UNKNOWN > and it won't let me change the label back to /home what does "mount /dev/sda /home" say in "dmesg"` > I have tried to use fedora and Gparted with no luck you should not

Re: sda2 is corrupted

2012-07-05 Thread Mateusz Marzantowicz
On 05.07.2012 19:15, Jim wrote: > Fedora 17 > > the sda2 /home is corruoted and it changed /home partitiion to UNKNOWN > and it won't let me change the label back to /home > > I have tried to use fedora and Gparted with no luck. > > There are some important data files I must save off of sda2 > >