Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 15:42:34 +1000 From: "dylan" <dylan@dragnet.com.au> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RFI : Hard Disk Rescue Message-ID: <00f901bf97af$41392bc0$636129cb@dragnet.com.au>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00F6_01BF9803.121BD140 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi there,=20 I have not needed help with BSD so much as I do now.=20 This morning I was greeted with messages regarding read errors for a = second HD (wd1) I had installed a week earlier. I fsck'ed a few times = which reported unreadable sectors for the problem HD and so I physically = removed the drive from the IDE with intent to give it back to the = seller. fsck also showed me that wd0, the primary HD was working ok with = a little fragmentation.=20 Now when I boot up it gives me this -=20 Searching for Boot Record from IDE-0...OK Invalid Partition Invalid Partition No /boot/loader >>FreeBSD/i386/BOOT Default:0:wd(0,a)/kernel boot: Invalid partition No /kernel=20 Of course, I can't boot anything from here because of 'Invalid = Partition', not a GENERIC kernel, not an old compile... nothing.=20 I am not new to unix but I am new to BSD and while I have read the docs, = HOWTO's, handbook, etc etc I think there might be something I am = missing.. getting this fixed concerns me but knowing what I did wrong = concerns me more. Is there something I should have done before I removed = the secondary HD? Is there a reason why I am getting invalid partition = when booting when I can run fdisk (post install config from cd) and it = shows me that the drive is partitioned correctly with the usual 3 = partitions, the largest being the freebsd native type. =20 I am sorry to clog the mailing list with such an annoying error, I would = fdisk and start over but this is for a server machine I have been = working on for several weeks. Starting over could mean literally months = of coding/reconfiguring due to my inexcusably lax backups. (fellow = admins please take pity!) Please forward help to my reply address (dylan@dragnet.com.au) and I = shall post the solution(s) summary back to the mailing list. Cheers,=20 Dylan O'Donnell dylan@dragnet.com.au DRAGNET INTERNET SERVICES ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.dragnet.com.au/=20 Address: 510 Elizabeth St. Albury, NSW 2640=20 Toll Free: 1800 069 050=20 Phone: (02) 60 214 100=20 Fax: (02) 60 213 144=20 ------=_NextPart_000_00F6_01BF9803.121BD140 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>Hi there, </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>I have not needed help with BSD so = much as I do=20 now. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>This morning I was greeted with = messages regarding=20 read errors for a second HD (wd1) I had installed a week earlier. I = fsck'ed a=20 few times which reported unreadable sectors for the problem HD and so I=20 physically removed the drive from the IDE with intent to give it back to = the=20 seller. fsck also showed me that wd0, the primary HD was working ok with = a=20 little fragmentation. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>Now when I boot up it gives me this -=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>Searching for Boot Record from=20 IDE-0...OK</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>Invalid Partition</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>Invalid Partition</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>No /boot/loader</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>>>FreeBSD/i386/BOOT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>Default:0:wd(0,a)/kernel</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>boot:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>Invalid partition</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>No /kernel </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>Of course, I can't boot anything from = here because=20 of 'Invalid Partition', not a GENERIC kernel, not an old compile... = nothing.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>I am not new to unix but I am new to = BSD and while=20 I have read the docs, HOWTO's, handbook, etc etc I think there might be=20 something I am missing.. getting this fixed concerns me but knowing what = I did=20 wrong concerns me more. Is there something I should have done before I = removed=20 the secondary HD? Is there a reason why I am getting invalid partition = when=20 booting when I can run fdisk (post install config from cd) and it shows = me that=20 the drive is partitioned correctly with the usual = 3 partitions,=20 the largest being the freebsd native type. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>I am sorry to clog the mailing list = with such an=20 annoying error, I would fdisk and start over but this is for a server = machine I=20 have been working on for several weeks. Starting over could mean = literally=20 months of coding/reconfiguring due to my inexcusably lax backups. = (fellow=20 admins please take pity!)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>Please forward help to my reply = address (<A=20 href=3D"mailto:dylan@dragnet.com.au">dylan@dragnet.com.au</A>) and I = shall post=20 the solution(s) summary back to the mailing list.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>Cheers, </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>Dylan O'Donnell<BR><A=20 href=3D"mailto:dylan@dragnet.com.au">dylan@dragnet.com.au</A></FONT></DIV= > <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>DRAGNET INTERNET=20 SERVICES<BR>-------------------------------------------------------<BR><A= =20 href=3D"http://www.dragnet.com.au/">http://www.dragnet.com.au/</A>=20 <BR>Address: 510 Elizabeth St. Albury, NSW 2640 <BR>Toll = Free: =20 1800 069 050 <BR>Phone: (02) 60 214 100 <BR>Fax: = (02) 60=20 213 144 <BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00F6_01BF9803.121BD140-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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