Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 10:32:24 -0000 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_Patrick_Swift?= <bjorn@innn.is> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Boot failed - all data lost Message-ID: <09A1AF8C8C150046B67CE1A8DE345037042A06@exchange01.is.innn.is>
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Two weeks ago I got the task of setting up a new mail server. The server = was a Dell PowerEdge 1500SE with a PERC raid controller. We used raid 5. = I'd been playing with the server for the last two week when I was about = to move the data over from the old server. Once the server was in place and had it's new IP address I decided to = reboot it once for the final time, just to make sure everything was in = order. While I was at it I entered the BIOS settings and disabled the = mouse, serial and lpt ports. But then, out of the blue, the machine = wouldn't boot. I tried restoring the BIOS' factory defaults but without = any luck. The first error I got was from the 'FreeBSD Boot Manager'. It started as = normally and displayed 'F? FreeBSD', but as I struck 'enter' I got a = 'boot failed' message. Then I rebooted the machine again and started = getting 'No operating system found' messages. I thought that maybe the = boot record had been damaged so I booted the FreeBSD 4.6-install CD and = opened fdisk - all space unused, no partitions found. No sign of my data = at all! After seeing this I took the machine to my local Dell vendor, but they = can't find anything wrong with the hardware and ask if this could be = software caused. The machine was running FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE #3: Thu Aug 1 17:41:45 GMT = 2002. Anyone have an idea? Any more info I can give (remember, the machine is = at the Dell vendor) ? Thanks for your time, Bjorn Swift To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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