Porteus unintentially truncates files
Posted: 10 Apr 2021, 20:06
For the second time now Porteus 5 has messed up an existing file on an external network drive (ext4 linux nas).
I usually edit the contents of the files (simple text) on windows (via network, no problems there) (options are http, samba/cifs, nfs).
In the past and again now, i edited the file using porteus (leaf), with root access, save everything seems fine at first
but after trying to reopen the saved file, it is truncated ..to be precise, it is rounded down to the next exact cluster. last time file was cut(truncated) to exactly 96,0 kB (98.304 bytes) and this time 16,0 kB (16.384 bytes)
i'm guessing the remaining data is physically still on the disk ..how to get it back ?
I usually edit the contents of the files (simple text) on windows (via network, no problems there) (options are http, samba/cifs, nfs).
In the past and again now, i edited the file using porteus (leaf), with root access, save everything seems fine at first
but after trying to reopen the saved file, it is truncated ..to be precise, it is rounded down to the next exact cluster. last time file was cut(truncated) to exactly 96,0 kB (98.304 bytes) and this time 16,0 kB (16.384 bytes)
i'm guessing the remaining data is physically still on the disk ..how to get it back ?