Help. I think my boot sector craped out

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

> I have a problem, I can't download ubuntu with my live cd.
This is easy to do but I live in the corner of Alabama, Tennessee and 
Georgia (in GA) and it is a fairly long drive (I've done it both ways 
several times)
I'll be glad to help you over the phone. 

> root at 1[hda1]# mount /dev/hda1 hda1
Type:
cat /proc/partitions
You can only mount what shows in that file. 

However:
> [17196389.468000] EXT3-fs: hda1: couldn't mount because of unsupported
Points to an unrecognizable filesystem.
Try:
fsck -N /dev/...
but:
mount -o ro /dev/hda1 hda1
Sometimes works... 

> Is there antway to retreive the data w/o spending any money?
Yes, I've done it.  use (THEY ARE DIFFERENT):
ddrescue (http://www.gnu.org/s/ddrescue/ddrescue.html) or
dd_rescue (http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/)
One is "better" than the other but I can't remember which one/why.
The freezer trick works every time (or most every time anyway...  :)
ET 

PS: As usual, "free advice, you can't sue me!  :)"
YMMV... 


Michael Havens writes: 

> I have a problem, I can't download ubuntu with my live cd. I live in
> cottonwood. Does anyone live around here who can copy it for me and
> I'll drive over to you to get it? Doesn't one of you live on Mingus
> Mountain? 
> 
> On 11/13/11, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk has been useful for me in the past. 
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Is this the right command 
>>>
>>> root at 1[hda1]# mount /dev/hda1 hda1
>>> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1,
>>>       missing codepage or other error
>>>       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
>>>       dmesg | tail  or so 
>>>
>>> root at 1[hda1]# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1
>>> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1,
>>>       missing codepage or other error
>>>       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
>>>       dmesg | tail  or so 
>>>
>>> root at 1[hda1]# dmesg |tail
>>> [17179619.724000] Adding 1646620k swap on /dev/hda5.  Priority:1
>>> extents:1 across:1646620k
>>> [17179621.012000] ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
>>> [17179621.012000] ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
>>> [17179621.248000] ibm_acpi: ec object not found
>>> [17179621.300000] pcc_acpi: loading...
>>> [17179621.416000] ACPI: Thermal Zone [THM0] (36 C)
>>> [17179635.144000] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
>>> [17179639.016000] powernow: This module only works with AMD K7 CPUs
>>> [17196389.468000] EXT3-fs: hda1: couldn't mount because of unsupported
>>> optional features (240).
>>> [17196610.992000] EXT3-fs: hda1: couldn't mount because of unsupported
>>> optional features (240).
>>> root at 1[hda1]# 
>>>
>>> Hmm. I am suspecting a crash. I s there antway to retreive the data
>>> w/o spending any money? 
>>>
>>
>> --
>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. 
>>
>> Stephen
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