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Re: Xfs file recovery

To: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Xfs file recovery
From: hal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (bueno)
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 23:29:23 -0300
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        Ok, Eric,
                Thanks for your help...
        I have run the commands:
        dd if=/dev/sdb3 of=/var/sdb3
        chmod -r /var/sdb3 (hehe)
        srtrings /var/sdb3 >> /tmp/sdb3.str
        vi sdb3.str (1.1GB)

        Bye and thanks again...


On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 04:52:03PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> There is no simple way to recover deleted xfs files, I am afraid.
> 
> http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/faq.html#undelete
> 
> If these were text files that were deleted, and they were not very
> fragmented, and you might be able to use dd to extract them when you
> find them.
> 
> In general though data recovery is expensive because it's tricky and not
> something that can be explained in a short email, if it is even
> possible.
> 
> -Eric
> 
> On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 13:47, bueno wrote:
> > Hi,
> >     I have deleted some file from a xfs partition
> >     I immediately  run xfs_freeze on device
> >     And createa a "dd" of device...
> >     Editing in a hexa editor, I saw the data that had been deleted
> >     on dd file...
> >     Exists a form to recovery these data ?
> >     Thanks
> >     Ps - sorry the english...
> > 
> > -- 
> > ^hal
> > <me@xxxxxx>
> > http://hal.vu
> > 
> -- 
> Eric Sandeen      XFS for Linux     http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs
> sandeen@xxxxxxx   SGI, Inc.         651-683-3102
> 

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