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From: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: How to restore a text file from UFS??
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On Thu Aug 19 10, EforeZZ wrote:
> I edited my 50Kb /etc/rc.conf, loaded a driver and.... got a kernel panic!!
> After reboot my /etc/rc.conf is 0 bytes (after automatic background fsck).
> Which tool should I try now to restore any version of my rc.conf?..
> I think data should still be somewhere on the disk....
> 
> ;-(

i had a similar problem and this howto helped me very much [1].

cheers.
alex

[1] http://bluesmoon.livejournal.com/109782.html

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