On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 12:36:35PM -0400, Stefan Olsson wrote: > Hi, > I have a hard drive that crashed in some way or the other, and I'd like to see > if I can access it, and ideally retrieve some of the files. I've connected it > to a USB-bridge, but I fear it is beyond repair as it gets an error when I try > to do disklabel: # disklabel sd1disklabel: ioctl DIOCGDINFO: Input/output > error > > I also tried scan_ffs in different ways:# scan_ffs /dev/rsd1c scan_ffs: read: > Input/output error# scan_ffs /dev/sd1c > scan_ffs: /dev/sd1c: No medium found > # scan_ffs /dev/sd1 > scan_ffs: /dev/sd1: No such file or directory > # scan_ffs > /dev/sd1a > scan_ffs: /dev/sd1a: No medium found > # scan_ffs /dev/rsd1a > scan_ffs: > /dev/rsd1a: No medium found > > -Should I just give up, or are there other options? > Some info:# sysctl hw.disknameshw.disknames=sd0:1ea2ee1a14a6352d,cd0:,sd1:
Have you tried sleuthkit? I've used it in the past but it was so long ago I can't quite remember what problem needed fixing, but IIRC it was for something similar to your problem and it did the job. Best of luck. --
