Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 07:42:36 -0800 From: "Eric Yellin" <eric@migvan.co.il> To: "freeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Anyway to recover wiped data? And why did kernel fail to load? Message-ID: <03a501c417ff$f4e34190$0851db3e@net.migvan.co.il>
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I recently installed FreeBSD 5.2.=20 Something happened that cause all data on all partitions to be wiped. = I'd like help on the following:=20 1. What did I do wrong? 2. Is there a way to restore lost data Here is what I did: 1. About 2 weeks ago I installed Release 5.2 from FTP + ports and many = packages: apache, MySQL, Postfix, Webmin(SSL), Listserv and several = others. 2. At some point FTP and SSH login started becoming very slow 3. I decided to reboot the system and it did not come up. Instead I got = a message saying that the kernel was not loaded. I could not load it in = anyway. 4. Searched the web for help on fixing this situation but could not find = anyway to restore the kernel other than reinstalling. 5.I decided to reinstall the system assuming that data would be kept.=20 6. Actually first I used the sysinstall option called Upgrade. When = going into it, it took me at some point to the partition editor, there I = noticed that all the partitions were of the correct size but had no = mount point. after changing the mount point to the original names and = quitting a message came on saying it was running fsck or something = similar. The system seemed to be stuck but may have been doing = something. After several minutes I decided to boot the system. Again, It = may have been in the middle of a process... Could this have caused = damage? 7. Went to sysinstall and installed the base package again. I once again = had to define the mount points. 8. After finishing a successful installation I booted the system and = FreeBSD came up with no problems. However all my data was gone...=20 I was not too surprised that root, /var and /usr were wiped however I = have a partition named /web that held the data and it also is empty. = That seems strange to me. Nothing in the installation wrote to this = partition. I have a partial backup, however data is updated all the time and I seem = to have lost lot's of data on /web Any help will be deeply appreciated. Thanks, Eric
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