Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 09:44:44 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange error message Message-ID: <199710061544.JAA00317@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199710061528.AAA02197@word.smith.net.au> References: <199710061505.JAA00189@rocky.mt.sri.com> <199710061528.AAA02197@word.smith.net.au>
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> > > I'm mildly puzzled that the disk works at all in any other situation. > > > What sort of disk is it? You say "second" above; do you have another > > > identical unit? > > > > No, I have a smaller 'spare' drive that I keep -current installed on. > > My primary disk has two partitions, one for Win95, the other FreeBSD. I > > can read all of the DOS partition, and all but the root partition on the > > FreeBSD side. > > What sort of connector does the drive have? Is it a standard small-IDE > connector? Nope. > If so, get a standard<->small IDE adapter and stick the > drive in a desktop system. Suck off all your data, and blow a DOS > partition onto it. I can do that from the laptop remotely I believe. I can boot into single-user and possibly tar up /etc (hopefully the error isn't in there), and also dump /usr. I might be able to restore it *IF* DOS can somehow do bad-block re-allocation. > If you can format the DOS partition OK (no errors), > then I'll be mildly surprised. If not, you have a warranty return on > your hands. It's almost 3 years old, so no warranty in in effect here. :( Nate
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