[Info-vax] ODS-5 data/file recovery

[Paul Sture]

In article <51202d7a$0$590$e4fe514c at dreader34.news.xs4all.nl>,
 MG <marcogbNO at SPAMxs4all.nl> wrote:

> On 16-feb-2013 20:04, Keith Cayemberg wrote:
> > Have you tried the FLORIAN undelete utility? It has worked well for
> > me the few times I have used it. It was likely programmed for ODS-2,
> > however since the on-disk structures of ODS-5 are mostly very similar
> > to ODS-2, it may work anyway.
> >
> > http://vms.process.com/scripts/fileserv/fileserv.com?FLORIAN
> >
> > Please read the instructions carefully before using.
> 
> No, I don't think I've heard of this one!  (Or, I then don't
> recall having used it recently.)
> 
> So, anyway, I just built it --- it compiled and linked fine,
> no problems on a different architecture like I64 (one of the
> strong points of VMS, I should stress), especially with the
> excellent MAKE procedure --- and went very smooth!
> 
>     $ @MAKE
>     Compiling FLORIAN....
>     Linking FLORIAN....
> 
> But then, upon execution:
> 
>     $ MCR $1$DKA1:[data_recovery]FLORIAN $1$DKA6: [0,0]OLSYS.ZIP
>     *** not a Files-11 Structure Level 2 disk volume
> 
> Misfortune strikes again!  Oh well.  I doubt anyone here has the
> interest, time or feels 'philantropical' enough to spend the time
> to rewrite or help me rewrite it to make it suitable for ODS-5...

Since  you have the source, I'd be looking at changing that test from 
"report error and exit" to "report error and continue".  Provided that 
you have a physical backup of the disk to let this loose on, your only 
risk is having to restore your working disk copy.

-- 
Paul Sture