linux-kernel - Re: document ext3 requirements

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Date:	Sun, 4 Jan 2009 22:49:40 +0100
From:	Ingo Oeser <ioe-lkml@...eria.de>
To:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>
Cc:	Martin MOKREJŠ <mmokrejs@...osome.natur.cuni.cz>,
	Duane Griffin <duaneg@...da.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, tytso@....edu,
	mtk.manpages@...il.com, rdunlap@...otime.net,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: document ext3 requirements

On Sunday 04 January 2009, Robert Hancock wrote:
> I agree, there should be a way to force it to mount "really read only" 
> so it doesn't try to replay the journal. That might require just 
> ignoring the journal content, which may result in the FS appearing 
> corrupt, but for recovery/forensics purposes that seems better than 
> nothing..

For forensics you ALWAYS get a copy of the full disk first, 
which you set read only with blockdev --setro /dev/$MYDISK.

You then restore from this copy.


Best Regard

Ingo Oeser, been there, done that
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