From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262649AbVAEUb5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jan 2005 15:31:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262653AbVAEUbJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jan 2005 15:31:09 -0500 Received: from host.atlantavirtual.com ([209.239.35.47]:467 "EHLO host.atlantavirtual.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262649AbVAEU2m (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jan 2005 15:28:42 -0500 Subject: Re: data rescue From: kernel Reply-To: kernel@crazytrain.com To: Robin Rosenberg Cc: Kernel Mailing List , sujeet.kumar@patni.com In-Reply-To: <200501051518.29918.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> References: <00e801c4f32e$bde1e600$7861a8c0@pcp40702> <200501051518.29918.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1104956707.3907.61.camel@crazytrain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 15:25:07 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 09:18, Robin Rosenberg wrote: > > I tried running linux-rescue from bootable disk and it shows no valid > > partition table. > > How do i rescue my data . In addition to 'gpart' you can try 'rescuept' which is part of util-linux collection. Each of these may rescue your corrupt partition table. Do you have any idea of the partitioning schema? Number of partitions, size, etc.? If both fail to reconstruct the partition table you can work with a forensic utility such as SMART for Linux (www.asrdata.com) or The Sleuth Kit (www.sleuthkit.org) to recover your files. Depending upon the FS TYPE(s) you may even get deleted files back. No matter though, once you get everything worked out back up your partition table using 'sfdisk' and/or dd and dump that to a safe place (external media) so that if this happens in future you can reconstruct easily! -fd