Re: fsck

On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 02:41:18PM -0600, tech@xxxxxxxx wrote:

Maybe I can mount a dirty partition..... I just need the data off it...

Mount it read-only and get the data off it IMMEDIATELY. I wouldn't try
fsck-ing on any disk with even a single read or write error. Fsck will
fail if it can't find a real sector to allocate, and I don't think it deals
well with bad sectors anyway. Point is: don't let it. "dd" the drive
ASAP and cut your losses...

-- Rick C. Petty
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