Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:28:09 -0800 (PST) From: tim cle <tim1timau@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bootloader (I think ?) question Message-ID: <20051114202809.5801.qmail@web50310.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20051114141017.GA17855@teddy.fas.com>
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--- stan <stanb@panix.com> wrote: > I'm trying to recover a machine whose disk failed. I > ook the new disk > hooked it up to another working FreeBSD machine, and > used /stand/sysinstall > to partiton the new disk. Then i mounted the various > partiton and recovered > all the disks data using Amanda. > > I'm failry certain I've done this with succes in the > past, but this time > it's not working. > > When I put the drive in the PC it's intended to be > for, as the aster > dirive, it boots up to the second interactive point > (the place where it > tells you you have n seconds to hit any key, and > counts down), however it > goes no further than that, At tht point , I havean > "ok" prompt, and an > lsdev shos whe drive as drive 1. > > What do I need to do to get this drive booting? > Hello, Before you do anything, you should first back up all the data from the disk that failed onto a new disk, given that the disk has already failed, there is the very real possibility that it will fail again, soon. Put simply, the loader is not executing the kernel. There are a number of possible reasons for this: 1 - the loader is not able to work out what disk to attempt the boot process on, 2 - the loader has found a disk, but cannot find the kernel, 3 - the loader has found the kernel but is unable to load it. You said lsdev can find disk1, so I suspect that it cannot find the kernel. The kernel is a file on the file system. Given that you said the disk failed, then i would suspect that an fsck is required on the root file system (after you have backup of all data you want to protect). After you have done the fsck, you might want to also go into the /boot directory and make sure the file "kernel" still actually exists. Regards, TIm. __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com
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