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From: millertr@cuug.ab.ca (Trever Miller)
Subject: Re: BIG TROUBLE : PLEASE REPLY  IF YOU CAN !!!!
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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 12:15:34 GMT
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Organization: Calgary UNIX User's Group
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Christophe Arviset (carviset@isou20.estec.esa.nl) wrote:


: Hello everybody

: We are running ULTRIX 4.3A on a DECstation 5000-260.

: Very important files were backed up (using rdump 0uf) on a file on disk.
[snip]
: DO YOU KNOW ANY WAY TO RECOVER THE CONTENT OF THE DUMP FILE ?
: I would appreciate any kind of help...

You could start by dd'ing the raw disk and try to find the files that way,
_if_ the vital ones are small and easily identifiable.

: Christophe ARVISET

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