I think you're at the point it's time to collect some sticks, and build a pyre...
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Csaba Toth <[email protected]> wrote: > If it's a tar file what you got, and you got the entire file, tar has a > magic number. Check that. I don't know about cpio. > > > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Howard White <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Oh this is going to be fun. >> >> Customer [ was | is ] all set to replace antique gear and versions of our >> software. The day before their data T1 got installed by which we could >> provide them Software as a Service in place of their on-site server, said >> server gasped its last breath. >> >> Sent the hard disk to a data recovery firm. Heads crashed on media; they >> tried their ministrations but no dice. >> >> I have a set of backup tapes that I am trying to read. >> >> Oh, did I tell you that the incumbent OS is SCO Openserver 5 and that my >> colleagues don't remember if they used cpio or tar to generate backups? >> >> When I attempt to dd data off of backup tapes, I get an immediate stop, >> no records read. >> >> I have found a program on SourceForge called Safecopy that seems to read >> past that first halt. But Lord knows what random bits I have read to >> disk... >> >> Any data forensics folks in the crowd? Where the fire do I start? >> >> Howard >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscribe@ >> googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ >> group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
