Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 22:06:16 -0800 From: Chip <chip@wiegand.org> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: "seafug@dub.net" <seafug@dub.net> Subject: Not booting up problem, just happened 'out of the blue' Message-ID: <38D079D7.7B22FF5E@wiegand.org>
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The other day I was using FBSD just fine, when I had to reboot into
winblows to read a .rtf file from a friend. After rebooting again to get
back to the proper OS I got the following failure messages:
Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
Unable to load Kernel:
Aborted!
|
Hit Enter to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
Booting {Kernel}...
Can't load 'Kernel'
Type '?' for detailed commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
disk3s1a:>
The commands and 'help' don't help much. The familiar cd doesn't
work, so I can't get into my saved-data directory. I then booted off
the 2nd cd into the fix-it prompt, whatever it was called, but when I
was finally able to mount the proper partition to access my saved-data
directory, it was empty. In fact, all the programs I had loaded after
installing fbsd were gone, the desktop settings were gone. Seems
everything related to my user logon were gone.
Now I have moved that drive to the secondary master position and added
a new primary slave and installed a fresh fbsd. I can mount the bad
disk, but am unable to find any of the files I desperately need.
Is there any hope for me to get those files off that disk?
Chip Wiegand
www.wiegand.org
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