Re: [SLE] harddisk crash -> needs surgery-> end_request I/O error, dev 03:01 sector 6928
From: Filip Sergeys (filip.sergeys_at_verzekeringen.be)
Date: 08/06/04
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To: Alex Angerhofer <alex@chem.ufl.edu> Date: 06 Aug 2004 16:06:25 +0200
On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 13:50, Alex Angerhofer wrote:
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> On 6 Aug 2004, Filip Sergeys wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Basically our suse is not booting anymore with a kernel panic: VFS: Unable to
> > mount root fs on 03:01
> >
> > ...
> > Is there still a way to recover that disk? Even if it means with a hexeditor
> > (I am willing learn, who can initiate me into the deep secrets of
> > filesystems)
> > This disk gets backed up every night, but we got stroke by a lightening during
> > the day cutting of all power. When rebooting this was the result. Guess what,
> > the sales guy's just saved a bunch of important stuff on it and they want I
> > back :-(
>
> Have you tried ddrescue, yet? It is on the DVD. The rpm is called ddrescue
> while the command is called dd_rescue. Type 'dd_rescue -h' for usage
> info.
I will try dd_rhelp. It uses dd_rescue but has a few improvements to
save you time (that is what it says at least) It starts at arbitrary
places on the disc and if it encounters bad blocks, it jumps to another
place an works its way back in reversed direction
I'll let you know what the success rate is!
Thanx for the tip.
Regards, Filip
>
> Good luck, Alex.
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