On Nov 12, 2008, at 10:11 AM, Dan Armbrust wrote: >> If it were me, I'd just do a restore from my backups. >> --- >> Eric Crist > > That's helpful.... > > And now, for my equally helpful response. > > If there is something textlike that you really really need back, you > might be able to find it with grep and dd. > > But otherwise... I think your hosed. XFS (and ext3 and reiserFS) all > write 0's over the block pointer when you delete, rather than just > marking them as unused. If it were ext2, you could undelete the > files. > > Sorry. > > Now you have an excuse to reinstall and update your OS :) And, without trying to look like an ass, though I usually do anyway, I'd recommend putting a solid backup routine in place. Honestly, with drives the size they are and inexpensive as they are, there's no *good* excuse for not having a backup routine. If you're not sure how to go about building a backup routine, I'd be willing to help, as I'm sure many members of this list would be. --- Eric Crist