2005/7/23, tripolar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello > I have a failing harddrive so I did #dd_rhelp /dev/hdc7 > /mnt/hdb1/120part7_rescue.img > I saved that image ( 72G ) on a new hardrive > /mnt/hdb1/120part7_rescue.img I then pulled out the failing harddrive > and replaced it with a new harddrive /mnt/hdc . I have tried to follow > these directions " Then run fsck on the image you have created, mount it > loopback (|mount -o loop /mnt/hdb1/hda1_rescue.img /mnt/hda1 | in my > case) and then browse through it and recover the files you need. " > located at http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/wlg/5205 > First I am unable to run any kind of fsck on the .img . I think the > original parttition was reiserfs. > Then I went on to try "mount -o loop 120part7_rescue.img /mnt/hdc1/" I > get "Unknown error 990" > "mount -o loop -t reiserfs 120part7_rescue.img /mnt/hdc1/" and get this > error > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0" > Anyone with ideas of what I am doing wrong Please help me out. > Thanks!!
Hi, I think you dont need to make a fsck in the image, it is useless. You want to rescue your important data from that image. First of all, did you have partitions in that hd ? Or only / ? In case you had more partitions, you need to make an image from each partition. Maybe only for /home, if there were all the data you need to backup. You dont need to backup the binaries or config files or /dev, etc (in case you dont want to make a forensic analysis). I havent used dd_rhelp, but maybe is similar to dd. For each of the partitions you have to: dd if=/*source* of=/*destination* where: if = infile, or evidence you are copying (a hard disk, tape, etc.) source = source of evidence of = outfile, or copy of evidence destination = where you want to put the copy Then you should be able to mount it. I see that you copied the image in a "new" harddrive, does this hd have already a filesystem ? If yes, you should mount it. First you must mount the harddrive and then mount the image in a mountpoint. # mount -o ro,loop,nodev,noexec,noatime /mnt/hdb1/hda1_rescue.img /mnt/hda1 -- "Meine Hoffnung soll mich leiten Durch die Tage ohne Dich Und die Liebe soll mich tragen Wenn der Schmerz die Hoffnung bricht"
