From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 16 06:13:14 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 4C8A616A498 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:13:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from teklimbu@wlink.com.np) Received: from smtp5.wlink.com.np (smtp5.wlink.com.np [202.79.32.52]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6AC4C13C4C3 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:13:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from teklimbu@wlink.com.np) Received: (qmail 24411 invoked from network); 16 Jul 2007 06:13:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp2.wlink.com.np) (202.79.32.49) by 0 with SMTP; 16 Jul 2007 06:13:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 35054 invoked by uid 98); 16 Jul 2007 06:13:07 -0000 Received: from 202.79.36.7 by smtp2.wlink.com.np (envelope-from , uid 1010) with qmail-scanner-1.25 (clamdscan: 0.90.3/3492. Clear:RC:1(202.79.36.7):. Processed in 0.09181 secs); 16 Jul 2007 06:13:07 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: teklimbu@wlink.com.np via smtp2.wlink.com.np X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.25 (Clear:RC:1(202.79.36.7):. Processed in 0.09181 secs) Received: from [202.79.36.7] (HELO [202.79.36.7]) by smtp2.wlink.com.np (qmail-smtpd) with SMTP; 16 Jul 2007 06:13:04 -0000 (Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:58:04 +0545) Message-ID: <469B0C5C.7080500@wlink.com.np> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:57:44 +0545 From: Tek Bahadur Limbu User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Windows/20070509) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nikola Lecic References: <4697C8DA.60705@wlink.com.np> <200707132345.l6DNjRb2023407@eunet.yu> In-Reply-To: <200707132345.l6DNjRb2023407@eunet.yu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Check-By: smtp2.wlink.com.np Spam: No ; 0.3 / 7.0 X-Spam-Status-WL: No, hits=0.3 required=7.0 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-6.1 bootup hangs after power failure 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: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:13:14 -0000 Nikola Lecic wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:32:54 +0545 > Tek Bahadur Limbu wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Due to a power outage, my FreeBSD-6.1 (i386) machine got rebooted. >> However, upon reboot right after the initial startup menu, it simply >> hangs. >> >> I tried rebooting the machine several times but in vain. >> >> My Bios detects my hard drive. Also since I get the initial startup >> menu, something must be wrong or corrupted in the Boot loader. >> >> Can somebody point me or give me any hints about fixing this problem. >> I have really some information in my hard drive which I want to keep >> or restore. > > Hello Tek, > > The first thing I'd do is to download FreeSBIE (if you already don't > have it), boot from it and do some initial inspection of the main drive. > > Then you will probably collect some more data about status of file > systems etc. that will allow people from this list to share with you > much more useful advices than it's possible at the moment. Hi Nikola, I just finished downloading FreeSBIE and when I tried to boot it, I get the following errors: CD Loader 1.2 Building the boot loader arguments Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found Read Error: 0x10 Could not find Primary Volume Descriptor Does this mean that my hard drive is dead and gone? Thanking you... > > Nikola Lečić > > > -- With best regards and good wishes, Yours sincerely, Tek Bahadur Limbu (TAG/TDG Group) Jwl Systems Department Worldlink Communications Pvt. Ltd. Jawalakhel, Nepal http://www.wlink.com.np