Mark Day wrote: > Based on the subset of data you posted, the bad data looks like ASCII > text. > The bad data from offset a0000 to a000f is: > > ${138AFE{@ > @$$}1 > > The bad data from offset af6c1 to af6c8 is: > > 392A9}@ > > I don't recognize the content beyond that, but I'd guess that somehow > the > contents of some other file managed to overwrite that portion of the bad > file. As for how that happened, I don't know. But if someone > recognizes > where the bad content came from, that might be a clue.
Gary/Mark, Good eye! Yes, it indeed does appear to be ASCII. I *thought* something in the repetition when I originally did an od -a looked interesting. I dumped the whole bad section as a string, and here's (partly) what I get: ${138AFE{@ @$$}138AFE}@ @$${138AFF{@ [A3:^80(^91^2146F)] @$$}138AFF}@ @$${138B00{@ @$$}138B00}@ @$${138B01{@ [181:^80(^91^2146F)] @$$}138B01}@ @$${138B02{@ @$$}138B02}@ @$${138B03{@ [2C:^80(^91^2146F)] @$$}138B03}@ @$${138B04{@ @$$}138B04}@ . . . @$${138B8B{@ <(21470=Thu Jan 24 23:20:58 2008)> [117:^80(^91^21470)] @$$}138B8B}@ . . . @$${138C18{@ <(21472=1201242069)>[-2:^80(^82^85)(^83^1B5)(^84=b)(^85=1)(^86=0)(^87=0) (^88=0)(^89^2146C)(^8A=)(^8B=40)(^8C=2e)(^8D^84)(^8E=0)(^90^21472) (^91^21460)] @$$}138C18}@ @$${138C19{@ <(21473=a72f78)>[2:^80(^89^21473)] @$$}138C19}@ @$${138C1A{@ @$$}138C1A}@ . . . and more of the same. Note the date string. There are several like that. Anyone recognize this text format? -Joe _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"