Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 08:22:30 -0500 From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More running-with-scissors and fsck. Message-ID: <4188DB96.8040608@dclg.ca> In-Reply-To: <12706.1099468499@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <12706.1099468499@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >In message <41887A33.2060608@dclg.ca>, David Gilbert writes: > > >>Well... the recoverdisk is a cool tool. I can see it coming in handy >>many times. While there isn't much documentation, I've tended to use it >>by creating a vnode md disk of exactly the right size to recover the >>partition in question. >> >> > >You could just have used a regular file for it and connected it to a >md later on. > > It won't create the file by itself. I created the md disk because I didn't take the time to read the code, I suppose. It would make people "feel" better if it created the target file when it didn't exist. Dave.
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