Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:50:16 +0545 From: Tek Bahadur Limbu <teklimbu@wlink.com.np> To: Nikola Lecic <nlecic@EUnet.yu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-6.1 bootup hangs after power failure Message-ID: <469B973C.8020106@wlink.com.np> In-Reply-To: <200707161410.l6GEAvsA013908@smtpclu-2.EUnet.yu> References: <4697C8DA.60705@wlink.com.np> <200707132345.l6DNjRb2023407@eunet.yu> <469B0C5C.7080500@wlink.com.np> <200707161410.l6GEAvsA013908@smtpclu-2.EUnet.yu>
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Nikola Lecic wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:57:44 +0545 > Tek Bahadur Limbu <teklimbu@wlink.com.np> wrote: > >> Nikola Lecic wrote: >>> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:32:54 +0545 >>> Tek Bahadur Limbu <teklimbu@wlink.com.np> 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? > > 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 <=4x. This can help :) Hi Nikola, Oh!. I burned it at 32x!!! I guess I have to burn it at 4x and used it again. I will give the live CD any try. > > 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 Lečić > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > -- 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
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