Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-34,: Re: Question: finding boundaries of ext2fs-partitions.

# Re: Question: finding boundaries of ext2fs-partitions.

Osman (osman@Cable.EU.org)
Thu, 26 Aug 1999 05:41:36 +0200 (CEST)

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On Wed, 25 Aug 1999 tytso@mit.edu wrote:

> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 05:38:25 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Osman <osman@Cable.EU.org>
>
> I heard from an other list that there was a discussion here a few weeks
> ago or some, about this topic.
> I need a prg wich will help me in rebuilding/recreating my partition
> table.
> The data is still there, only the table was lost due to a mistake I made
> while installing RH6.0.

[snip]

> Anyway, here's Anderies's list:
>
> (i) findsuper is a small utility that finds blocks with the ext2
> superblock signature, and prints out location and some info.
> It is in the non-installed part of the e2progs distribution.
>
> (ii) rescuept is a utility that recognizes ext2 superblocks,
> FAT partitions, swap partitions, and extended partition tables;
> it prints out information that can be used with fdisk or sfdisk
> to reconstruct the partition table.
> It is in the non-installed part of the util-linux distribution.
>
> (iii) fixdisktable (http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/fat32.html)
> is a utility that handles ext2, FAT, NTFS, ufs, BSD disklabels
> (but not yet v1 Linux swap partitions); it actually will rewrite
> the partition table, if you give it permission.
>
> (iv) gpart (http://home.pages.de/~michab/gpart/) is a utility
> that handles ext2, FAT, Linux swap, HPFS, NTFS, FreeBSD and
> Solaris/x86 disklabels, minix, reiser fs; it prints a proposed
> contents for the primary partition table, and is well-documented.
>
> Hope this helps!

Wow, Thanks a LOT man!
This is JUST the kind of info I was searching for, I will try them out
when I get a hold of them.

Thanks again!
Osman

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