Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 06:46:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 06:46:11 -0500 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:44166 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 06:46:10 -0500 Subject: Re: Undelete files on ext3 ?? From: Alan Cox To: John Bradford Cc: Maciej Soltysiak , maxvaldez@yahoo.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List , alan@redhat.com In-Reply-To: <200301071130.h07BURnq000165@darkstar.example.net> References: <200301071130.h07BURnq000165@darkstar.example.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1041943165.20658.5.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.1 (1.2.1-2) Date: 07 Jan 2003 12:39:25 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 826 Lines: 20 On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 11:30, John Bradford wrote: > > > There is no simple way, no. > > What about IDE Taskfile access, it's help says something like it's the > > crown jewel of hard drive forensics. > > What *is* IDE Taskfile access exactly? > > I assumed it was a way of accessing a list of queued commands in the > device that had not been processed yet. Its a more formalised interface to issue commands to the controller. Each IDE command has a series of phases you have to issue in the right order. The taskfile ioctls ensure you can issue pretty much any command safely - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/