Re: 2 data recovery questions

On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 10:39:24AM -0600, Rod Hauser wrote:
> 2) a 3.3V 64MB SmartMedia card that was filled up in the camera, but now
> shows as blank (errors) both in the camera and in the FlashPath floppy
> adapter. . I downloaded a piece of software that said it might read it, but
> it doesn't show any more data. I've considered buying a USB adapter just to

Rod, I'd suggest trying our good old friend dd(1) on the smartmedia card.. combined with strings(1) or od(1), you might find out there is no data on it, some useful data, or all sorts of stuff worth further investigation. No need to let some snooty filesystem driver have all the fun. :)

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