From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Nl4n9-00046V-FL for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:19:59 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 47202E0B06; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:19:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gy0-f181.google.com (mail-gy0-f181.google.com [209.85.160.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 215CFE0B06 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:19:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gyg4 with SMTP id 4so169136gyg.40 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:19:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=BzAgDV9AioKEIhm7KM7eLOcjY1GKSt178qlCFPz6Egw=; b=ATpNi30u8tpX2G0tQqyDdJdjp1WZzwY3IxVRkwZYsURrnJJTzfBYLQYOFZomp+GL0U UALk8/Glyz1Yo5K+PAlB/gx8po+/K2hN1ZwnkpLXGj9kdULunZ/WY+QRvVgeg70nwDnp hUbc4mGv+sjd6iROs2u7+ZWqL42eLKBT0Hu8U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=rGIGswHq0fs2yW4/WfluiaRRvPQBDLkMD+LXNiEpD5fp/BQqBDpYHQpTKe4m03iF60 1UI80LTaSsmAMcVEOrndbTb/UOkyJrWt2cVKy+uZTJzT5qvZRy2dz46muZQ90uLQ3OGb kQSjHg2qNrGMgzQECgasiXSwoBwAPQWsPu02k= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.151.58.8 with SMTP id l8mr248558ybk.59.1267208375864; Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:19:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201002261859.00344.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> References: <5bdc1c8b1002251933s6a250b99v607c97e09f41d4fe@mail.gmail.com> <201002261827.27513.wonko@wonkology.org> <5bdc1c8b1002260951l7cf3fd77g24a966cf9b399b5c@mail.gmail.com> <201002261859.00344.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:19:35 -0600 X-Google-Sender-Auth: e6dc924f8475683b Message-ID: <58965d8a1002261019q5fb3d481o73b2b61b895e5b5a@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] recovery from /var corruption? From: Paul Hartman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: d416cbd8-9818-4069-969a-a0df080908da X-Archives-Hash: e00c392c2b7ee4182c4bd5f57ae205a8 On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > protip: if you are running badblocks (or ddrescue) on a probably damaged > device - attach it with an usb adapter. That way your box is still usable. +1, i had a bad drive and it's so much easier to unplug/replug the USB instead of rebooting and etc.