Re: [Bug-ddrescue] ddrescue and partition table

[Ken A Scott]

Have you tried running testdisk on this troublesome partition to see
what you might learn (and/or correct)?
http://linuxappfinder.com/package/testdisk
It is found on a number of Linux rescue liveCds.
Cheers
Ken

On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:06 -0800, "Trio3b" <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> mandriva linux. 40gb hdb  (hdb1 34gb, hdb3 3gb) used for backup went bad.
> error message "no permissions"., or wrong fs, bad superblock etc.
> 
> Moved to new PC with hda. partitioned 
> 
> hda1 - /
> hda6 - /home
> hda7 - /resue  42gb specifically to hold hdb1
> 
> tried ddrescue -n /dev/hdb1 /dev/hda7 logfile
> 
> now hda7 won't mount with same error message  of "no permission" or wrong
> fs, bad superblock
> 
> permissions are given
> 
> I believe partition table of hdb is corrupt. Is ddrescue copying bad
> partition table from hdb to hda7 so it won't mount?
> 
> Any help appreciated
> -- 
> View this message in context:
> http://old.nabble.com/ddrescue-and-partition-table-tp26191466p26191466.html
> Sent from the Gnu - ddrescue mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Bug-ddrescue mailing list
> address@hidden
> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue
-- 
  Ken A Scott
  address@hidden