> > > Buffer I/O error on device sda3, logical block 12 > > > Buffer I/O error on device sda3, logical block 13 > > > > Right near the start of the disk. > > Ah, that is the reason why grub is gone. To be accurate - start of partition but the effect is the same yes. > > Make a copy of the partition with a recovery tool and write it somewhere > > ddrescue? partimage? Any other suggestion? ddrescue should do the trick - anything which will copy all the valid sectors and write out the lost ones as zero or similar preserving what is left of the file. > > > (file on another disk whatever) and keep it safe. Make a copy of that and > > fsck the copy. You may need to use the alternate superblock option on > > fsck for this. > > Thanks, good hint, didn't know about that. It's there for exactly this kind of situation. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
