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Date:      Thu, 12 Jun 1997 11:17:31 -0400
From:      "Amir Y. Rosenblatt" <amir@i33.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Disk Biff [2.2.1-stable]
Message-ID:  <19970612111731.27738@i33.com>

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Last night I heard my boot disk a Seagate ST32550W Baraccuda click and
spin down.  The machine hung almost immediately (as it is often wont to do
when anything on the scsi bus flakes).  I waited till the disk access
light was off before powering down, letting it rest 10 seconds and
powering it back up.  Upon bootup it claimed not to be able to find the
kernel (even when I specified at the boot prompt to use 0:sd(0,a)/kernel).
I booted up off my 2.2.1 boot floppy and attempted to mount the fixit disk
I'd made from the 2.2.1 FIXIT.FLP image but it told me it couldn't mount
it (it was not write-protected).  Usinf the partition and label manager on
the BOOT.FLP I saw that the freebsd fdisk slice was still there and that
all the partitions still existed (though it showed the wrong geometry for
the disk, as it tends to do upon seeing one of the 'cuddas).  Is there a
way for me to remedy this witout having to reinstall and then restore from
tape?

The machine's config is as follows:

Tyan Dual PPro motherboard (I forget the model number but can check when I
	get home)
Intel PPro200 (256k cache)
96 meg RAM
Adaptec 2940UW host adapter
Seagate Baraccuda ST32550W (x3)
Number 9 "Imagine 128" 4 meg video card
3Com 3c509B-TP ethernet adapter

Any suggestions would be very welcome.

	-Amir


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Amir Y. Rosenblatt					(212) 448-0333
sr. systems/network administrator 			http://www.i33.com
i33 communications corp.				amir@i33.com



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