[gentoo-amd64] Re: not amd64 specific - disk failure - SUCCESS

[Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>]

Raffaele BELARDI <raffaele.belardi@st.com> posted 47454D91.5030109@st.com,
excerpted below, on  Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:36:17 +0100:

> So, for the record, finally using the hints from the above link I
> managed to recover most of the data. The successful commands were:
> 
> # losetup -o32356 /dev/loop0 /mnt/disk_500/sdb.img 
> # mount -text2 /dev/loop /mnt/sdb_img -o sb=131072,ro
> 
> Thanks to all for the precious help.

Thanks for the success story followup! =8^)

Besides being gratifying to know something that we helped with worked, 
knowing exactly /what/ worked can be most helpful next time someone sees 
the problem, either experiencing it one's self, or helping someone else 
with it, as here.  

Besides, with the list available on the web via gmane and the like, 
there's always the chance that someone with the same issue will find this 
discussion months or years later via Google or similar, and the followup 
report of what exactly /did/ work can then be helpful to an entirely /
new/ generation of users!  Never underestimate the possible audience of 
something like this! It could end up being useful to way more people than 
any of the original participants ever considered likely or in some cases, 
even possible.  =8^)

So certainly, thanks, even if I /am/ hoping that with luck, I'll never 
actually have to use this again myself. =8^)

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