From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 11 13:34:08 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A171F106564A for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:34:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af.gourmet@videotron.ca) Received: from relais.videotron.ca (relais.videotron.ca [24.201.245.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79DCF8FC44 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:34:08 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Received: from [192.168.0.51] ([96.21.103.185]) by VL-MO-MR005.ip.videotron.ca (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-4.01 (built Aug 3 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0KO700B3HRU8EI40@VL-MO-MR005.ip.videotron.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:22:56 -0400 (EDT) Message-id: <4A817355.20006@videotron.ca> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:34:13 -0400 From: PJ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) To: Bill Moran References: <4A816EC9.7070408@videotron.ca> <20090811092214.e38fd90c.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-reply-to: <20090811092214.e38fd90c.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot sector f*ed X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:34:08 -0000 Bill Moran wrote: > In response to PJ : > > >> I just finished setting up 7.2 with all my programs installed, >> configured & working fine with recovered files all working fine and just >> as I boot up to start backing up everything... WHAM... the boot-up >> kind-of hobbles and boots up. >> I am called away from the computer and when I return - goodie, goodie, >> there is a dump of some 177 mbs and the poor computer is trying to r >> eboot... but that's it. And the >> I scan the guilty drive and it's the very first, boot, sector that is >> Baaaaaad. And the regenerator program doesn't go any further. :-( >> Other than booting up with livefs and trying to copy everything to >> another disk, is there something else that I should do? >> I think it should work if I connect the drive to USB ... >> But before, I thought I should listen to some sage advice... :-) >> Anyone? TIA >> > > I think you've got the right idea. If the drive is funky, get your data > off it while you can. > I've got another disk about the same size on the machine and I'm wonderiing how could I transfer the whole shebang to it? Would doing a minimum 7.2 install be enough, followed by copying all the slices to the corresponding slices on the new disk? I'm thinking of mounting the broken drive on the new one and then copying... does that sound about right? I haven't looked at the broken one yet; I'll have to see what theat 177mg dump was.. -- Andrea Jourdan e-mail: af.gourmet@videotron.ca http://www.chiccantine.com