From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 26 21:42:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from neptune.dragnet.com.au (neptune.dragnet.com.au [203.35.174.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32B9E37B9C7 for ; Sun, 26 Mar 2000 21:42:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dylan@dragnet.com.au) Received: from beast (dragnet419799.dragnet.com.au [203.41.97.99]) by neptune.dragnet.com.au (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id PAA20034 for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2000 15:47:02 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <00f901bf97af$41392bc0$636129cb@dragnet.com.au> From: "dylan" To: Subject: RFI : Hard Disk Rescue Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 15:42:34 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00F6_01BF9803.121BD140" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00F6_01BF9803.121BD140 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi there,=20 I have not needed help with BSD so much as I do now.=20 This morning I was greeted with messages regarding read errors for a = second HD (wd1) I had installed a week earlier. I fsck'ed a few times = which reported unreadable sectors for the problem HD and so I physically = removed the drive from the IDE with intent to give it back to the = seller. fsck also showed me that wd0, the primary HD was working ok with = a little fragmentation.=20 Now when I boot up it gives me this -=20 Searching for Boot Record from IDE-0...OK Invalid Partition Invalid Partition No /boot/loader >>FreeBSD/i386/BOOT Default:0:wd(0,a)/kernel boot: Invalid partition No /kernel=20 Of course, I can't boot anything from here because of 'Invalid = Partition', not a GENERIC kernel, not an old compile... nothing.=20 I am not new to unix but I am new to BSD and while I have read the docs, = HOWTO's, handbook, etc etc I think there might be something I am = missing.. getting this fixed concerns me but knowing what I did wrong = concerns me more. Is there something I should have done before I removed = the secondary HD? Is there a reason why I am getting invalid partition = when booting when I can run fdisk (post install config from cd) and it = shows me that the drive is partitioned correctly with the usual 3 = partitions, the largest being the freebsd native type. =20 I am sorry to clog the mailing list with such an annoying error, I would = fdisk and start over but this is for a server machine I have been = working on for several weeks. Starting over could mean literally months = of coding/reconfiguring due to my inexcusably lax backups. (fellow = admins please take pity!) Please forward help to my reply address (dylan@dragnet.com.au) and I = shall post the solution(s) summary back to the mailing list. Cheers,=20 Dylan O'Donnell dylan@dragnet.com.au DRAGNET INTERNET SERVICES ------------------------------------------------------- http://www.dragnet.com.au/=20 Address: 510 Elizabeth St. Albury, NSW 2640=20 Toll Free: 1800 069 050=20 Phone: (02) 60 214 100=20 Fax: (02) 60 213 144=20 ------=_NextPart_000_00F6_01BF9803.121BD140 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi there,

I have not needed help with BSD so = much as I do=20 now.

This morning I was greeted with = messages regarding=20 read errors for a second HD (wd1) I had installed a week earlier. I = fsck'ed a=20 few times which reported unreadable sectors for the problem HD and so I=20 physically removed the drive from the IDE with intent to give it back to = the=20 seller. fsck also showed me that wd0, the primary HD was working ok with = a=20 little fragmentation.

Now when I boot up it gives me this -=20

Searching for Boot Record from=20 IDE-0...OK

Invalid Partition

No /boot/loader

>>FreeBSD/i386/BOOT

Default:0:wd(0,a)/kernel

boot:

Invalid partition

No /kernel

Of course, I can't boot anything from = here because=20 of 'Invalid Partition', not a GENERIC kernel, not an old compile... = nothing.=20

I am not new to unix but I am new to = BSD and while=20 I have read the docs, HOWTO's, handbook, etc etc I think there might be=20 something I am missing.. getting this fixed concerns me but knowing what = I did=20 wrong concerns me more. Is there something I should have done before I = removed=20 the secondary HD? Is there a reason why I am getting invalid partition = when=20 booting when I can run fdisk (post install config from cd) and it shows = me that=20 the drive is partitioned correctly with the usual = 3 partitions,=20 the largest being the freebsd native type.

I am sorry to clog the mailing list = with such an=20 annoying error, I would fdisk and start over but this is for a server = machine I=20 have been working on for several weeks. Starting over could mean = literally=20 months of coding/reconfiguring due to my inexcusably lax backups. = (fellow=20 admins please take pity!)

Please forward help to my reply = address (dylan@dragnet.com.au) and I = shall post=20 the solution(s) summary back to the mailing list.

Cheers,

Dylan O'Donnell
dylan@dragnet.com.au

DRAGNET INTERNET=20 SERVICES
-------------------------------------------------------
http://www.dragnet.com.au/=20
Address: 510 Elizabeth St. Albury, NSW 2640
Toll = Free: =20 1800 069 050
Phone: (02) 60 214 100
Fax: = (02) 60=20 213 144

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