Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 19:32:41 -0800 (PST) From: stheg olloydson <stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: cannot boot 5.3 after power failure - major bug? Message-ID: <20050323033241.38717.qmail@web53910.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hello, While testing 5.3, I deliberately cut power to the box and powered up. Much to my surprise, I receive the following error: error 16 lba invalid format FreeBSD/i386 boot Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: No /kernel FreeBSD/i386 boot Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: The disk is/was formatted as UFS2 (dangerously dedicated) with softupdates. If I enter a command, nothing happens: FreeBSD/i386 boot Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot:fsck -y FreeBSD/i386 boot Default: 0:ad(0,a)fsck boot: If I enter a question mark, I get a listing of the root filesystem's contents. (If the disk format were truly unknown, how is this possible?) This problem appears to be identical to the one posted by cell on 3/14/05, so this would seem to be a repeatable problem. Because this is a test box, I could just flatten it and reinstall, I would rather do a graceful recovery. Any suggestions on how to accomplish this would be appreciated. Note: Any suggestions involving using Release Disc 2 are problematic. For some reason, the iso will not burn; the process hangs immediately. I downloaded it from four different sites, including ftp.freebsd.org with identical results. (The other three disc images burn correctly.) Thanks for your time, stheg __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/
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