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From: dexter <dexters84@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] recover log file
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:26:30
Message-Id: 471544E9.7090306@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] recover log file by Mick
1 Mick pisze:
2 > On Tuesday 16 October 2007, Duane Griffin wrote:
3 >
4 >> On 15/10/2007, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
5 >>
6 >>> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:26:02 +0200, dexter wrote:
7 >>>
8 >>>> While tar-ing it I've messed up the command and file got deleted - I
9 >>>> need it back desperately
10 >>>>
11 >>> emerge testdisk and run photorec.
12 >>>
13 >> But be sure it doesn't compile on the same partition that contained
14 >> the lost data!
15 >>
16 >
17 > Suggest you try testdisk with a LiveCD and stop messing about with the drive
18 > in question in case you overwrite the disk space in question.
19 >
20 Unfortunatelly it is impossible to use live cd, so is not messing with
21 hard drive - there are services on it that must remain online
22 I've asked around, and found pretty cool solution
23
24 on another system I do: nc -l -p 21 > drive_image.dd
25 on server with deleted file I do: dd if=/dev/hda1 | nc -q 2 <ip of
26 another system> 21
27
28 after that I can play around with drive_image.dd using for example autopsy
29
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Re: [gentoo-user] recover log file Dan Farrell <dan@×××××××××.cx>