Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) id g113JUq21006 for linux-xfs-outgoing; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 19:19:30 -0800 Received: from clubphoto.com (mail-gw.clubphoto.com [64.124.34.66]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.2/8.11.3) with SMTP id g113JPd20983 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 19:19:25 -0800 Received: from [192.168.168.136] ([192.168.168.136]) by clubphoto.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA02020; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 18:19:16 -0800 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.0.0.1309 Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 18:19:28 -0800 Subject: Re: undelete - xfsrecover'ing deleted files in xfs From: "Gabe E. Nydick" To: King Kac , Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20020131210325.C966@comotion> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Status: O Content-Length: 1057 Lines: 40 Pay about 10K anywhere up, depending on the size of the drive to have it professionally done. On 1/31/02 6:03 PM, "King Kac" wrote: > That's what I was afraid of. What's the hard way of recovering it then? > -Kacper > > On 2002.01.31 20:24 Eric Sandeen wrote: >> Sorry, xfsrestore is only good if you've previously xfsdumped. >> >> If you deleted a file, the data may still be there on disk (as with >> any >> other filesystem) but there's no automated way to recover it. >> >> -Eric >> >> On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, King Kac wrote: >> >>> So I'm trying to recover some deleted files on my >> xfs-formatted >>> hw raid array mounted on /home >>> I read off of this newsgroup that xfsrestore was the tool to use. >>> Here's what I'm trying to do: >>> >>> xfsdump -s comotion -J - /home | xfsrestore - /mnt/restore/ >>> >>> This obviously only copies the files already there, and does not >>> recover unlinked files. >>> So... what is the method to recover unlined files then?? >>> >>> cheers, >>> Kacper Wysocki >>> >> >> >>