[SATLUG] Disk recovery

[Ernest de Leon]

What is the model # of the device and what version firmware is it?  What
originally tipped him off that the disk was corrupt?  Did it register as
unformatted?  There are a lot of issues with Linksys firmware for their NAS
and NSLU devices, but there are several ways to recover the data.  If you
provide me with the answer for the first 3 questions, I may be able to offer
a solution.

Ernest

On 6/20/07, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have a friend with a corrupted disk.  Evidently this is part of a
> linksys backup system.  He removed the disk and put it into a PC.  After
> working with him I found out it was:
>
> Disk /dev/hdb:  81.9GB, 81964302336 Bytes
> 16 Heads, 63 Sectors/Track, 158816 Cylinders
> Units = Cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
>
> Device boot        Start        End        Blocks        ID      System
> /dev/hdb1              2     158563      79915248        83      Linux
> /dev/hdb2         158564     158816        127512        82      Linux
> swap / Solaris
>
> We tried running e2fsck but it couldn't find a valid superblock.  I had
> him dump the block with the first superblock (2nd 1K block) and it was
> all zeros.
>
> Does anyone know if there something else to try?
>
>   -- Bruce
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# Ernest De Leon

"If Microsoft is 'flexible' it explains how their head got where it is."