From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: From: Pietro Gagliardi To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: <775b8d190804222021x1935623k29003bbbc3b43b3f@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:57:18 -0400 References: <5049A218-A739-4CC0-89EE-D05AB851506A@mac.com> <775b8d190804222021x1935623k29003bbbc3b43b3f@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] How to read fossil+venti partition without venti Topicbox-Message-UUID: 98edd7fc-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 No, my venti is not damaged. I just wanted to get some of my files back. I'll try Steve's idea. But is there any way to bring up a venti server read-only -- without it trying to sync or write blocks? (The block-writing was the stage at which QEMU would crash.) On Apr 22, 2008, at 11:21 PM, Bruce Ellis wrote: > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Pietro Gagliardi > wrote: >> Hello. I'm trying to recover my files from the fossil+venti system >> I have. I >> changed the configuration to read >> >> fsys oldfs config /dev/sdC1/fossil >> fsys oldfs open -AWPVr >> srv fossil >> >> then do >> >> fossil/fossil -f /dev/sdC1/fossil >> mount /srv/fossil /n/oldfs oldfs >> >> but when I try to get to /n/oldfs/active/usr/pietro/lib/profile, >> venti spits >> out an error talking about "wrong score: not connected to venti." >> Is there a >> way to get my files back without connecting to venti? When it tries >> to >> connect to venti, I get an error saying that service isn't found. >> >> Thanks. > > your data is on your venti, so no dice. > > copy the venti partion (and fossil, if it's synced and quiescent) to > somewhere would be a good start with a really screwed up scenario. > > brucee >