Unix data recovery from hard drive
I just started to use Ubuntu about 4 months ago and I love it. I have also been delving into the Unix Sun OS based world. I was working on a machine that uses Unix and some wingnut tripped the circuit breaker mid stride of the Unix tool. Now the hard drive is kind of loud and won't boot up. I don't have any boot/rescue disks as this is a "new project" type of thing.
I have removed the hard drive from the computer that it was in, and tried to connect it to the machine I have that runs Ubuntu....when I do plug it in before I boot up, it asks for a boot disk, if I let Ubuntu start up and I am at the desktop in Ubuntu, when I plug the hard drive in, it locks up the computer....when I unplug, it immediatly releases the lockup and I can go on my merry way.
Is there a way to get the data off of this Unix hard drive? I would like to recover the files on there just to see if it can be done.
Thanks!
Milkman
In Ubuntu, it's trying to
In Ubuntu, it's trying to mount the drive - which is a good sign. It happens to lock up the machine - which is a bad sign. Try disabling automounting of removable devices (or use Ubuntu-rescue-remix) and try to image the drive using ddrescue.
If you can get a good image, you are good to go - either rewrite the image to another drive and use it, or mount the image and save any files you need to start over.
If errors are present, let ddrescue try to work at them. It only takes one good read to get a perfect image.
Thank you very much for your
Thank you very much for your reply. I have a couple more questions:
Do you think that I should start Ubuntu and Remix and then connect the hard drive as a slave/secondary drive with the auto run disabled or should I try to start it from a powered off machine? Will the hard drive be detected if Ubuntu is already running?
Thanks!
Milkman
Yes, the drive will be
Yes, the drive will be detected if Ubuntu is already running. Just make sure that you dissabel automounting of removable devices.
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