From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 14 17:18:58 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 020ED16A402 for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:18:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from corinth.polands.org (CPE-72-129-222-120.new.res.rr.com [72.129.222.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84E4A43D46 for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:18:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from jericho.polands.org (jericho.polands.org [172.16.1.35]) by corinth.polands.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3EHItNT000948; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:18:55 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp@polands.org) Received: from jericho.polands.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jericho.polands.org (8.13.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k3EHItX6033444; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:18:55 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp@jericho.polands.org) Received: (from djp@localhost) by jericho.polands.org (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id k3EHItN4033443; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:18:55 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from djp) Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:18:55 -0500 From: Doug Poland To: Jerry McAllister Message-ID: <20060414171855.GG32858@polands.org> References: <20060414161327.GD32858@polands.org> <200604141649.k3EGnom8002934@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200604141649.k3EGnom8002934@clunix.cl.msu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87/1400/Fri Apr 14 09:21:07 2006 on corinth.polands.org X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hosed my MBR? 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, 14 Apr 2006 17:18:58 -0000 On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 12:49:50PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > I can still boot FreeBSD off my FastTrack controller (ar0), that's > > where I'm writing this email from. I can see both the Intel RAID > > device (ar1), and mount the data from NTFS (ar1s1), and newly > > created UFS-2 (ar1s2). I even did a dd of the MBR from ar0 and ar1 > > and compared the two. Of course, I don't know what I'm looking at > > so that didn't go too far :) > > This has lasted long enough that I am forgetting parts, such as it is > the MS piece that doesn't boot, not the FreeBSD. > > But, if you get a FreeBSD boot loader, then it is not the MBR that is > hosed, but the boot sector itself. Probably bsdlabel wrote on it and > not fdisk. That could be a little more difficult, since those boot > sectors can be quite different and are not OS agnostic. > That makes sense. > In this case, your best bet may be to mount the MS file system from > the FreeBSD side and copy it somewhere for safety and then try to > rebuild the MS system "from scratch". Note, I said 'may' be. If > someone was to raise an argument, I would fall over easily. > A WinXP re-install was always my last resort. I was hoping for something quicker. Data recovery isn't an issue as all my important data is kept on a file server. Thanks for your help. -- Regards, Doug