Date: 16 Sep 2003 04:32:34 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ideas To Save Failing System? Message-ID: <44isntdtgd.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <011001c37b23$3b5edb90$0301a8c0@bigdaddy> References: <011001c37b23$3b5edb90$0301a8c0@bigdaddy>
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"Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> writes: > Is there anything I can do to save this machine? I'm afraid if I power it > off, the disk will be corrupt and it probably won't boot. I'd really like > to make a backup and then replace the disk. Any ideas? If you *don't* power it down, you should *still* be afraid that disk will be corrupt and it won't boot. If it's networked, try backing up using that. It's possible that you'll have more success reading the disk if you take it out and put it in another machine (using a different drive cable, just to be sure), but not likely.
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