From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 15 17:47:36 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE07116A468 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:47:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scuba@centroin.com.br) Received: from raptor.centroin.com (asmtp.centroin.com [64.251.27.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAF5A13C484 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:47:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scuba@centroin.com.br) Received: from trex.centroin.com.br (trex.centroin.com.br [200.225.63.134]) (authenticated bits=0) by raptor.centroin.com (8.14.1/8.13.6/CIP SMTP HOST) with ESMTP id l5FHloFQ007456; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:47:57 -0300 (BRT) (envelope-from scuba@centroin.com.br) Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:47:49 -0300 (BRT) From: scuba@centroin.com.br Sender: mpsouza@trex.centroin.com.br To: Chuck Swiger In-Reply-To: <5B52F5F5-5F41-49CD-B3FD-B54C2AECCF8A@mac.com> Message-ID: <20070615144621.H32002@trex.centroin.com.br> References: <20070615124550.D81051@trex.centroin.com.br> <5B52F5F5-5F41-49CD-B3FD-B54C2AECCF8A@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem after upgrade, please help 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: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:47:37 -0000 Hi Chuck, On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, Chuck Swiger wrote: |On Jun 15, 2007, at 8:54 AM, scuba@centroin.com.br wrote: |> I did an upgrade via Boot CD, from FBSD 5.4 to 6.1 that finished |> without errors. But after the reboot, I discovered that the disk partition |> has gone. |> The original disk had two partitions, one DOS (20GB) and the other FBSD |> (60 GB), selectable via FBSD boot manager. |> Since I don't have a backup of the original disk labels, how can I |> recover my partitions? | |You can try to use the fdisk program via the sysinstall program from your boot |CD (ie Configure->Fdisk) and recreate your partitions, assuming you can |remember or get lucky recreating the exact parameters. There's also: I don't think I have that lock. :-) |/usr/ports/sysutils/testdisk I'll try testdisk, thank you. - Marcelo Souza |Tool to check and undelete partition |Works with the following partitions: |- FAT12 FAT16 FAT32 |- Linux EXT2/EXT3 |- Linux SWAP (version 1 and 2) |- NTFS (Windows NT/W2K/XP) |- BeFS (BeOS) |- UFS (BSD) |- Netware |- ReiserFS | |TestDisk is under GNU Public License. |You can compile it under Dos with DJGPP or under Linux or BSD with gcc. | |WWW: http://www.cgsecurity.org/ | |- Florent Thoumie |flz@xbsd.org | |-- |-Chuck - Marcelo