Re: Overburned DVD data recovery
On 10/11/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a cron job that backs up a FreeBSD server's files to DVD+RW media > each evening using growisofs from the dvd+rw-tools port. There are some > files that I need to recover, but the problem is, the last 2 weeks of > backups were a few hundred megabytes too large, and overburned. > > Is there any way to recover data from these overburned DVDs? I tried > mounting them from FreeBSD, Windows and Mac systems without success. I > also tried running "cat /dev/acd0 | gzip > data.iso.gz" in an attempt to > grab the raw bits of the disk, but that only resulted in an input/output > error. > > Restoring a 2-week-old backup is an option, but any ideas on how I might > read data off of these overburned disks would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Matt > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > I'd start with trying to dd the DVD to an ordinary file (dd if=/dev/dvd-device of=/usr/recov.iso bs=2048) and then trying to mount that file. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Overburned DVD data recovery
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a cron job that backs up a FreeBSD server's files to DVD+RW > media each evening using growisofs from the dvd+rw-tools port. There > are some files that I need to recover, but the problem is, the last 2 > weeks of backups were a few hundred megabytes too large, and > overburned. AFAIK you can't overburn DVDs. > Is there any way to recover data from these overburned DVDs? I tried > mounting them from FreeBSD, Windows and Mac systems without success. I > also tried running "cat /dev/acd0 | gzip > data.iso.gz" in an attempt > to grab the raw bits of the disk, but that only resulted in an > input/output error. You could try readcd and isoinfo (/usr/ports/sysutils/cdrtools-devel) but those "few hundred megabytes" at the end will still be lost. Fabian -- http://www.fabiankeil.de/ pgpiY6QfD2GpX.pgp Description: PGP signature
Overburned DVD data recovery
Hi, I have a cron job that backs up a FreeBSD server's files to DVD+RW media each evening using growisofs from the dvd+rw-tools port. There are some files that I need to recover, but the problem is, the last 2 weeks of backups were a few hundred megabytes too large, and overburned. Is there any way to recover data from these overburned DVDs? I tried mounting them from FreeBSD, Windows and Mac systems without success. I also tried running "cat /dev/acd0 | gzip > data.iso.gz" in an attempt to grab the raw bits of the disk, but that only resulted in an input/output error. Restoring a 2-week-old backup is an option, but any ideas on how I might read data off of these overburned disks would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Matt ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
