From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 29 01:42:43 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD03216A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 01:42:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 763BF43D1D for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 01:42:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) hBT9gbwd008667 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:42:37 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id hBT9gbYK008666; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:42:37 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:42:37 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: Francisco Reyes Message-ID: <20031229094237.GD8047@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Francisco Reyes , FreeBSD questions References: <200312290150.hBT1o6U6013566@mail1.acecape.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="JwB53PgKC5A7+0Ej" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200312290150.hBT1o6U6013566@mail1.acecape.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.61 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.61 (1.212.2.1-2003-12-09-exp) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: FreeBSD questions Subject: Re: Please help. Can't see HD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:42:43 -0000 --JwB53PgKC5A7+0Ej Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 08:54:06PM -0500, Francisco Reyes wrote: > Upgraded to stable like so many countless times. > All was fine after reboot. After a few more reboots while > troubleshooting why a port was not coming up at bootup the > machine froze right after loading the kernel... at the part with > the spinning lines... |/-\ <=3D=3D like those.. Hmmmm... This is pretty drastic. The boot loader is failing to read the kernel from the disk. This part of the boot process really precedes anything that could be fixed using fsck(8), contrary to what others have said. It's not bad advice, just that there are some more basic things to fix first. There are two possibilities I can think of: i) Your hard drive has bitten the dust. There's nothing you can do to fix the drive. The disklabel seems to be right on a bad spot of the disk and unless the disk has sufficient spare blocks you can't remap that location. In any case you'ld have to have a record of the previous disklabel so that you could recreate it. ii) You've been fiddling with the disk addressing mode in the BIOS and somehow left it in a different mode to what it was before. In this case, you should be able to try the various modes one by one until you get back to the one that works. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --JwB53PgKC5A7+0Ej Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/7/cNdtESqEQa7a0RAnsNAJ984pztkjyLCXCYuRIKtyTCRaPj3ACdHn6D U3onfpdZyf+IDf8YvjJ8OZA= =Phyc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --JwB53PgKC5A7+0Ej--