[ale] Again with the filesystem recovery SOLUTION?

[Geoffrey]

Jason Day wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 10:53:12PM -0600, ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> 
>>Ext2 is easier to undelete. I have only met 2 people that say they can 
>>undelete ext3 (I am sure one of you will throw in your hat now - but you 
>>weren't to be found when I was ranting about losing data that I didn't want 
>>to lose) - whereas even I undeleted from ext2.
> 
> 
> I see that Geoffrey is going to try deleting a file from an ext3
> filesystem, then remount the same partition as ext2 and try to recover.
> That should be interesting :)

Yes, I'm formatting the partition now.  I tried to do it with a floppy, 
but it wouldn't do it, indicating there wasn't enough space for a 
journal.  I guess this is another downside of ext3, the journal takes up 
space that ext2 would not.

-- 
Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
Think about it...

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