> -----Original Message----- > From: Brian C. Lane [mailto:bclat_private] > Sent: 11. studeni 2002 16:31 > To: forensicsat_private > Subject: Re: 2 data recovery questions > > > On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 10:39:24AM -0600, Rod Hauser wrote: > > I have 2 data recovery situations that could use an opinion. > > > > 1) a 100GB+ scsi disk from an SGI that has data on it, but > nothing is > > visible. I'd prefer either a professional but affordable service > > recommendation, or a freely downloadable toolkit, > preferably Linux, but I do > > have another SGI I could load it on, too. > > I've downloaded the PLAC toolkit iso, but haven't tried it yet. > > Any other recommendations? > > Just a WAG on this one, I think the current Linux distributions support > SGI filesystems. I think I've seen the option in the kernel configuration > list. SGI uses XFS, a journalling filesystem developed by SGI and used in SGI's IRIX operating system. SGI supports XFS under Linux, you can check for more details on: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/ So, I'd advise Rod to try to mount that HDD under some Linux computer - he should be able to see normal filesystem if it's on disk. It's also possible that disk was used in RAID on original computer. Best regards, Bojan Zdrnja ----------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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