From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 16 14:11:06 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 B3C4116A401 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:11:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nlecic@EUnet.yu) Received: from smtpclu-2.EUnet.yu (smtpclu-2.eunet.yu [194.247.192.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4358F13C461 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:11:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nlecic@EUnet.yu) Received: from nyx.localhost (adsl-227-182.eunet.yu [213.198.227.182]) by smtpclu-2.EUnet.yu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l6GEAvsA013908; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:10:58 +0200 Message-Id: <200707161410.l6GEAvsA013908@smtpclu-2.EUnet.yu> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:11:07 +0200 From: Nikola Lecic To: Tek Bahadur Limbu In-Reply-To: <469B0C5C.7080500@wlink.com.np> References: <4697C8DA.60705@wlink.com.np> <200707132345.l6DNjRb2023407@eunet.yu> <469B0C5C.7080500@wlink.com.np> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.10.13; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE X-Face: pbl6-.[$G'Fi(Ogs2xlXP-V6{3||$Y[LOYs&~GJoikj'cVjcFC[V7du;;0~6nO= [Vi2?uU1Pq~,=Adj@,T:|"`$AF~il]J.Nz#2pU',Y7.{B;m/?{#sO^Dvo$rnmY6] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-EUNET-AVAS-Milter-Version: 2.0.0 X-AVAS-Virus-Status: clean X-AVAS-Spamd-Symbols: BAYES_50,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-AVAS-Spam-Score: 0.0 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 14:11:06 -0000 On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:57:44 +0545 Tek Bahadur Limbu wrote: > Nikola Lecic wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:32:54 +0545 > > Tek Bahadur Limbu wrote: > >=20 > >> Hi All, > >> > >> Due to a power outage, my FreeBSD-6.1 (i386) machine got rebooted.=20 > >> 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. > >=20 > > Hello Tek, > >=20 > > 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. > >=20 > > 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. >=20 > Hi Nikola, >=20 > I just finished downloading FreeSBIE and when I tried to boot it, I > get the following errors: >=20 >=20 > CD Loader 1.2 >=20 > Building the boot loader arguments > Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found > Read Error: 0x10 > Could not find Primary Volume Descriptor >=20 >=20 > Does this mean that my hard drive is dead and gone? No, this message is not about your hard drive. This means that live-CD doesn't like your hardware (maybe a bit older if such an error appears), or actually something much simpler: ... Have you checked the MD5 sum of the downloaded image? This error can also be caused by one funny thing: what burning speed you used to burn FreeSBIE? Check MD5 sum and burn it again at <=3D4x. This can help :) If you still can't start FreeSBIE, then try any other live-CD or maybe gparted (http://gparted.sourceforge.net) which can copy/paste partitions to another hard-drive -- to save your data if possible before you continue trying to rescue the whole system. Nikola Le=C4=8Di=C4=87