Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 05:21:27 +0000 From: "clayton rollins" <crollins666@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Cc: parmar@mindspring.com Subject: Re: Missing operating system message after neighborhood black out Message-ID: <Sea1-F80vFQ5PO6q8q40003d42d@hotmail.com>
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On Dec. 29, 2003, ritesh parmar <parmar@mindspring.com> wrote: > >I posted a message a few days ago with the subject line "Why is Freebsd so >unstable". I've gotten Freebsd to work after i posted that message but now >i've got another problem. > >I came home today from work and found that the computer had been turned off >(power went out in the whole neighborhood). I turned on my computer and now >i get a "Missing Operating System" message. Both Windows and linux can >normally recover after an abrupt shutdown. Can freebsd also recover or do I >have to re-install it every time the power goes out? > Ritesh, A number of things could cause this. I'm going to assume you've not done anything like leave a floppy or cd in the drive and not set your BIOS to not boot from it. In the case that your disk is screwed: your disk is screwed. Sorry, but that's the fact. With a little help from -questions you may be able to recover it. (hint, hint.) FreeBSD really is a wonderful and stable system, and I'm beginning to have questions about the disk you're installing it to. As for recovering from a power outage, I've had it happen many times and have never lost the OS because of it. With 4.x, you may lose data that you were currently working on; 5.x should be able to recover even that, since it keeps 'soft-updates' of open files. Normally, all that is required is to fsck the filesystems, as they weren't unmounted properly, and freebsd does it automatically on the next boot. I hope that you get your problem fixed, Regards, Clayton PS. please do word your titles and writing differently, you are kind of begging to get flamed. I would also caution you against it, as the problems aren't likely caused by the OS, but by circumstance, hardware, or even your own ignorance (as has been my experience :) ). _________________________________________________________________ Tired of slow downloads? Compare online deals from your local high-speed providers now. https://broadband.msn.com
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