On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 08:19:47AM -0500, joe wrote:
> .
> Michael Sammartano <volinaz@cox.net> wrote: (Tue, 01 Aug 08:32 -0700 ??)
> > ... Drive failure. The partition table is not
> > capable of retaining the data writen to it. The drive needs to have
> > a recovery done on it to recover the data, further trials on the
> > drive will render the useful data useless. I do not understand the
> > constant cat and mouse game on this issue. ... If there is a physical
> > issue, it can not be fixed.
>
> Which drive do you think has failed? And how can one confirm that?
>
> hda is an older 8-gig drive, but it is the one that is now booting
> and it apparently has the MBR on it.
>
> hdb is a fairly new 80-gig drive, and we can still read all the
> data on it by booting with a Knoppix live CD.
>
> Do you think I could install a Linux system on hda and then
> restore lilo in the MBR on it and thereby access both drives?
At this point, regardless of whether a drive is bad or not, I think you
should have a good copy of any important data somewhere else besides
this computer. That's always good advice, and usually ignored, and
usually that works out fine. But a LOT has been going on, and weird
things are happening, and messing around with partitions, etc. If you
have any data that you can't lose, copy it somewhere else!
--
Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD Users Group
dwchandler@stilyagin.com | http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/
http://www.stilyagin.com/ |
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