[plug] mounting ext3 partition image

[tim.bowden at westnet.com.au]

---- Original Message ----
From: tim.bowden at westnet.com.au
To: plug at plug.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] mounting ext3 partition image
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 12:02:04 +0800

>---- Original Message ----
>From: billk at iinet.net.au
>To: plug at plug.org.au
>Subject: Re: [plug] mounting ext3 partition image
>Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:34:01 +0800
>
>>Keep in mind you can run 'file' against the image file, or vi -b
>>imagefile to see inside it (thogh at those sizez, you might only
>want
>>to
>>'head' the first couple of Mb) - you can often work out what state
>>the
>>file is in (i.e., compressed) from this.  If really desparate,
>>'strings'
>>it and see if any test is visible.
>>
>>BillK
>>
>Tried again without compression, and when 11Gb had been read I had a
>121Gb image file.  Strange.  According to file, it was an ext3 file. 
>Trying again without conv=sync,noerrors.

Looks like Alistair picked it.  Without sync,noerror it worked fine. 
Now to get around to testing the undelete part of the problem...

Thanks all,
Tim