From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Dec 24 22:02:38 2014 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Dec 2014 03:02:38 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56851 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y3yhC-00051M-0i for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 24 Dec 2014 22:02:38 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38830) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y3yhA-00051D-1W for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 24 Dec 2014 22:02:36 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y3yh8-0004tT-Ib for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 24 Dec 2014 22:02:35 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM, HTML_MESSAGE,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:38923) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y3yh8-0004tP-Fh for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 24 Dec 2014 22:02:34 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40543) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y3yh7-00067g-6F for bug-parted@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Dec 2014 22:02:34 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y3yh5-0004ss-PY for bug-parted@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Dec 2014 22:02:32 -0500 Received: from mail-oi0-x22a.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c06::22a]:49666) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y3yh5-0004sk-Ku for bug-parted@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Dec 2014 22:02:31 -0500 Received: by mail-oi0-f42.google.com with SMTP id v63so19158791oia.1 for ; Wed, 24 Dec 2014 19:02:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=uDYlv5sOCuKJXg/98S1xoYnr/tdfdmCu7Rm3KUC3tnA=; b=cUvj+LfG4rvluWL1g95k86XoYqAPKIKq3fXVgpIH2Zkwwgu/7yGH4XamoZfT/FvYoS vCERVlme06lcEHbM5aPyMnXDeVu90JIc//2yc2AqSMAOboFncgvlU3Y/1JdlH6awgo0u 16N81bl0p7xPAbgC0llO//Q/VgRJaDFS5rGhGVzT063WaegBWv3KJmJg0cAOhxWeY6QQ NXUcVN/DSdDcv+br/vEBBlEeTzzFjkQQWSabXEIR1kbT3QJkB9x/fsDD7nu/jQelSbLk 4hlpxB1SKKWLexieBwBgIpLg4NsNpDifCFFiYChQgYjD8LMvYvr3QLlUCmBZTXAFmcCK JDcQ== X-Received: by 10.182.181.36 with SMTP id dt4mr5992567obc.3.1419476550293; Wed, 24 Dec 2014 19:02:30 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.76.125.4 with HTTP; Wed, 24 Dec 2014 19:02:09 -0800 (PST) From: =?UTF-8?B?S+G6j3Jh?= Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 22:02:09 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: WrYhDcokaJ2uuQOw8MLTfmBOVQo Message-ID: Subject: Enhancement/feature request: Undo quick format To: bug-parted@gnu.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0115ebf88c24fd050b01a312 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) --089e0115ebf88c24fd050b01a312 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Since quick formatting a disk doesn't actually wipe the data on a disk, and only overwrites a small part of it, it should be possible to have an option to back up the portion that will be overwritten. That portion, although small, can be detrimental to filesystem recovery and a small backup of it with an undo-option could rescue a lot of mistakes. -- Board of Directors, Free Culture Foundation: www.freeculture.org Founder, Empowermentors Collective: www.empowermentors.org Web: http://kxra.info - Twitter: @kxra - Facebook @kxxra - Google+ @kxxxra Jabber/XMPP: kxra@riseup.net - IRC: kxra @freenode @oftc @indymedia --089e0115ebf88c24fd050b01a312 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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--089e0115ebf88c24fd050b01a312-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Mon Dec 29 14:10:54 2014 Received: (at 19437-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Dec 2014 19:10:55 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60524 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y5fiQ-00086P-Km for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 14:10:54 -0500 Received: from mail-qc0-f174.google.com ([209.85.216.174]:40703) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y5fiO-00086G-UE for 19437-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 14:10:53 -0500 Received: by mail-qc0-f174.google.com with SMTP id c9so9711918qcz.33 for <19437-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 11:10:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Q53M6S97cPwHTYSZZUk6geNIa9JtZZkZ8M4Hnb1roYk=; b=lbmrBKX/Qt+szYASsCI4YZJhTCjGeCmHsYiwoZuAS/bWUSv/N9jvdSZwPRbBLcZveg dhVjSf92Gff30p2DHpMBFOqhPkad536y/8crSNKbGENUzLL59ZPER/ksenhjP/vMLMO2 hue9HGoIngXCVFnkQKLIylir72TshZMgHc/cQ2oUPQF6iXDOh1Yn1bQ3jrnpGWIo5MvQ Eiwg5UiVc3uiwh3dxT+D3n554YTDRkbY6bDwWvv0E4l22QcAFTKqUmH+7sx2h57+z4T5 R0VEfIRkDp5S5Mv7lxF80TGwe5fJ3p7rqhx8BnYs4/9JRjIBBP20h6wCvMZSQphVH/Jr pVBA== X-Received: by 10.140.19.139 with SMTP id 11mr40746949qgh.14.1419880252616; Mon, 29 Dec 2014 11:10:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.1.1.151] (fl-67-77-88-12.sta.embarqhsd.net. [67.77.88.12]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id s2sm34173485qam.45.2014.12.29.11.10.52 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 29 Dec 2014 11:10:52 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <54A1A719.7090503@ubuntu.com> Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 14:10:17 -0500 From: Phillip Susi User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?S+G6j3Jh?= , 19437-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#19437: Enhancement/feature request: Undo quick format References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 19437-done X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/24/2014 10:02 PM, Kẏra wrote: > Since quick formatting a disk doesn't actually wipe the data on a > disk, and only overwrites a small part of it, it should be possible > to have an option to back up the portion that will be overwritten. > That portion, although small, can be detrimental to filesystem > recovery and a small backup of it with an undo-option could rescue > a lot of mistakes. This doesn't have anything to do with parted since it does not handle formatting filesystems. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJUoacZAAoJENRVrw2cjl5RmMcH/28z+/HNQiN4E+nmYMv7xlZh eP6HJlpw2x5Li7ypX06ZL+/ggarDBiBB6U3QtJXLmTTHtGJziGVw7bUQhP6TukW2 RB/jFew53whgDkuiJTAg1NbRJMcN02YKyJULVdhQHI3dNxnGXbbZJf22i2/JbUF8 RHkQv68prExphXQi6Cz8i4JsI1qwafd7Gdy8JVHXwHR90QBgxrqCma/I2RQmXR3J PUAQt5ZB0W1yxNt0YEzgU5YpHeECwN9QAqF5jiu78/50TRQL+MLlFhhtyeDQidML XWb8Jor1pmNw01FH2OcnKNcjVcrO9d52GhmRXIQqZPhNum6VJEzVobeeXyaqsd8= =kZ27 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From unknown Sat Sep 06 14:23:58 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 12:24:04 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator