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Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:57:20 +0000 From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> To: Norbert Preining <preining@...ic.at> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: linux ext3 partition hosed, is this hardware of software error? > > > Buffer I/O error on device sda3, logical block 12 > > > Buffer I/O error on device sda3, logical block 13 > > > > Right near the start of the disk. > > Ah, that is the reason why grub is gone. To be accurate - start of partition but the effect is the same yes. > > Make a copy of the partition with a recovery tool and write it somewhere > > ddrescue? partimage? Any other suggestion? ddrescue should do the trick - anything which will copy all the valid sectors and write out the lost ones as zero or similar preserving what is left of the file. > > > (file on another disk whatever) and keep it safe. Make a copy of that and > > fsck the copy. You may need to use the alternate superblock option on > > fsck for this. > > Thanks, good hint, didn't know about that. It's there for exactly this kind of situation. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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