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From: Hinnerk van Bruinehsen <h.v.bruinehsen@×××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering MySQL Database from EXT4 Formatted Hard Disk ...
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:34:51
Message-Id: 4F325D96.7020006@fu-berlin.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering MySQL Database from EXT4 Formatted Hard Disk ... by Michael Mol
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4 On 08.02.2012 12:02, Michael Mol wrote:
5 > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Christopher Kurtis Koeber
6 > <ckoeber@×××××.com> wrote:
7 >> Hello,
8 >>
9 >> I am trying to recover MySQL databases (which were properly shut
10 >> down) from an EXT4 formatted hard disk.
11 >
12 > What happened to require the recovery? Which parts of the database
13 > server shut down properly, and which didn't?
14 >
15 >> I loaded the SystemRescueCD distro that you can get online and
16 >> when running TestDisk I can see the partitions but I cannot
17 >> recover said partitions because it tells me the structure is bad
18 >> (any options here, by the way?)
19 >
20 > What kind of partition table was it?
21 >
22 >>
23 >> With PhotoRec, I can recover parts of the MySQL Database but I
24 >> cannot get the important *.MYD files because I guess PhotoRec
25 >> doesn't have the signatures for that type of file.
26 >>
27 >> So, any options I have at this point?
28 >
29 > Probably.
30 >
31 >>
32 >> Thank you for your time.
33 >>
34 >
35
36 You could try Autopsy & sleuthkit[1].
37 Before you do anything to the drive it would be wise to copy it via dd
38 so that no accidental write makes anythoing worse...
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42 [1] http://www.sleuthkit.org/autopsy/desc.php
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Re: [gentoo-user] Recovering MySQL Database from EXT4 Formatted Hard Disk ... Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>