linux-ext4 - Re: Formatted/repartitioned wrong disk, arrgh!

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Date:	Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:04:15 -0500
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	Alexey Salmin <alexey.salmin@...il.com>
Cc:	Jesper Jensen <linux-ext4_mailinglist@...ctor.dk>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Formatted/repartitioned wrong disk, arrgh!

On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 05:57:14PM +0600, Alexey Salmin wrote:
> I think the only thing I can recommend to you is to "grep for your
> files and hope for the best" (c)
> I don't know any automated way to restore files after complete
> destroying of fs, but there always is grep and hexdump :)

Unfortunately, there isn't much else that can be done, since the inode
table has been zero'ed out.

Sorry.  :-(

						- Ted
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