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Xref: sserve comp.unix.admin:19161 comp.unix.internals:7162 comp.unix.misc:12276 comp.unix.bsd:13877 comp.unix.ultrix:22339 Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.internals,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd,alt.unix.wizards.free,comp.unix.ultrix Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!torn!uunet.ca!uunet.ca!uunet.ca!geac!geac!clsib21!will From: will@clsib21.clsi.us.geac.com (Will Roper) Subject: Re: BIG TROUBLE : PLEASE REPLY IF YOU CAN !!!! Message-ID: <1994May4.194830.14088@clsib21.clsi.us.geac.com> Organization: GEAC/CLSI Inc. References: <CovK53.DCM@isosa2.estec.esa.nl> <Cox3Dy.HCJ@cuug.ab.ca> Date: Wed, 4 May 1994 19:48:30 GMT Lines: 15 Christophe Arviset (carviset@isou20.estec.esa.nl) wrote: > >: DO YOU KNOW ANY WAY TO RECOVER THE CONTENT OF THE DUMP FILE ? I have found good luck in simlar situation by - make an example of a non-corrupted structure - figure out the displacement of the good data in the file - lift a copy of the non-corrupted structure with dd into a file using the 'count=NNNN' argument of dd - place the good header, superblock, whatever onto the damaged disk using dd, possibly using the 'skip=NNNN' argument as well as the 'count=NNNN' argument. Then its time to see if existing file access or repair programs can help.