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-stable" in the body of the message
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