[NBLUG/talk] Executed "rm -rf *" in the wrong directory!

troy fryman at sonic.net
Tue Nov 25 11:14:00 PST 2003


On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 10:32:17AM -0800, Lincoln Peters wrote:
> Ah, yes.  I seem to vaguely remember a Linux Journal archive that
> discussed system security and was written in a silly Frenglish dialect.
> 
> Anyway, it looks like it explains how to recover deleted files from an
> ext2 (or possibly ext3) filesystem, but not from reiserfs.  I tried
> "debugfs" and "recover", and neither recognized my reiserfs filesystem.
> 
> Unless I can find some other information about undeleting on reiserfs,
> I'll have to either:
> 1. Find a new hard disk with a capacity of at least 60GB, create a
> backup image of the old disk (dd if=/dev/hdc1
> of=/path/to/new/disk/backup.img), then try reiserfsck.
> 2. Ignore my common sense and try reiserfsck *without* backing up the
> hard disk.
> 
> I could also try a commercial data-recovery solution, but it would
> probably be even more expensive than a new hard disk (which it seems I
> could use to accomplish the same thing).

Watch the ads.  I saw a nice seagate 160gb for $79 at one of the Office*
stores.  Compusa has had some 80GB Maxtor's for $49 recently.
Obviously, both of those prices reflect hefty mail in rebates.


-troy




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