Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 20:25:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin Eliuk <root@kevin.sunshine.net> To: Nabil Hassan Mustafa <b98045@lums.edu.pk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System Crash!!! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970408194258.190A-100000@kevin.sunshine.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970408091954.21642A-100000@ravi.lums.edu.pk>
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On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, Nabil Hassan Mustafa wrote: > > I really need to recover some VERY important files on my FreeBSD > partition... > > I have Windows NT, Win95, and FreeBSD currently running on my system, > each on a separate partition. My Win95 partition was recently infected by > a certain "natas.mp.1823" virus. I booted from a clean DOS floppy to > remove it, but failed... the result being that except for my 95 partition, > the NT, and the FreeBSD partition are lost...since the MBR is destroyed. I > ran Norton Disk Doctor, and it recovered by NT partition. But it did not > detect or recover my FreeBSD partition. I tried running fbsdboot.exe, but > the error was " could not find /kernel " . I tried many boot managers, but > none detected the FreeBSD partition. I have my project due to 2 weeks. If > ANYONE can give me ANY information that might just recover some of my > files from the FreeBSD partition, it would be a great help. Thanks in > advance, > I'm writing this from memory, when I was in a panic, but it should give a general overview of what to do. -1 You boot off of the boot.flp disk -2 make any configurations as if you were going to install -3 choose fixit from the menu -4 choose 2 (fixit floppy) -5 follow instructions and recommendations -6 check mount as you would as single user These are the steps I used to the best of my recollection. _______________________________________ |\ /| | \ / | | \ Kevin G. Eliuk / | | /^\_________________________/^\ | | / \ | |/ --===### Powered By FreeBSD \| | www.freebsd.org | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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