From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Aug 9 12:35:36 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90BB137B400 for ; Fri, 9 Aug 2002 12:35:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay01.cablecom.net (relay01.cablecom.net [62.2.33.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D22843E42 for ; Fri, 9 Aug 2002 12:35:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hanspeter_roth@hotmail.com) Received: from gicco.cablecom.ch (dclient217-162-157-104.hispeed.ch [217.162.157.104]) by relay01.cablecom.net (8.11.6/8.11.4/SOL/AWF/MXRELAY/06072001) with ESMTP id g79JZUN93441 for ; Fri, 9 Aug 2002 21:35:31 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from idefix@localhost) by gicco.cablecom.ch (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g79JZUc00453 for freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 9 Aug 2002 21:35:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from hanspeter_roth@hotmail.com) Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 21:35:30 +0200 From: Hanspeter Roth To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot failed - all data lost Message-ID: <20020809213530.A405@gicco.cablecom.ch> Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG References: <09A1AF8C8C150046B67CE1A8DE345037042A06@exchange01.is.innn.is> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <09A1AF8C8C150046B67CE1A8DE345037042A06@exchange01.is.innn.is>; from bjorn@innn.is on Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 10:32:24AM -0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Aug 08 at 10:32, Bj=F6rn Patrick Swift spoke: > 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! Get your disk back from Dell. Then try testdisk or gpart. -Hanspeter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message