Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 23:07:28 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Madhusudan Singh" <singh.madhusudan@gmail.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Disaster recovery ? Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNCEEHFCAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <200508301108.40216.singh.madhusudan@gmail.com>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of >Madhusudan Singh >Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 8:09 AM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Disaster recovery ? > > >Hi > >I had a working FreeBSd 5.3 RELEASE server running postfix and >zope until >last night. When I checked it in the morning, it had a bunch of "ad4 ... >UNRECOVERABLE ERROR" messages on it. Upon a reboot, it >complains it cannot >find /boot/loader (error 16). Last week, it had shut down without any >apparent reason but came up upon reboot. Sounds like the hard disk is >fried. Its a new server (just 5 months old or so). > >How do I recover what was on the partitions ? You don't With the price of UDMA disks and the price of hardware IDE raid controllers as cheap as they are, anyone setting up a production server on a single IDE disk is taking a totally unnecessary and stupid gamble. Consider it a learning experience. We have all had it happen to us at least once. You probably needed to update your install anyhow. Ted -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.17/85 - Release Date: 8/30/2005
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