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Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Rebuilding ext4 filesystem on an LV
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Ken Bass [daytooner@gmail.com] wrote:
>    I did try to read anything I could out of the old disk. I do believe t=
here
>    is still some data on it that wasn't trashed. The problem is how to fi=
nd
>    it and reconstruct it without any of the LVM or ext4 filesystem=EF=BF=
=BD
>    information (as I said, I couldn't find any superblocks). Are there any
>    utilities to do something like that?

I don't know much about ext2/3/4 file systems but I imagine debugfs may
help you. I never used it myself though.

Thanks, Malahal.