Help. I think my boot sector craped out

Mon Nov 14 15:52:36 MST 2011

Agreed. Had to do the same this weekend. Ugh
 On Nov 14, 2011 3:20 PM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> You know.... the OS warned me it was going to do this! (sorta) A
> couple of weeks ago the drive wouldn't start. I should've listned but
> it started to work again. Take this as a warning all ye' merry
> fellows, if the drive fails and then starts again..... REPLACE IT!
>
> On 11/14/11, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com> wrote:
> > Just reinstall.  I am sending the distort tonight.
> > On Nov 14, 2011 10:07 AM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks for being willing to send me a distro, Lisa. My address is
> >>     3486 E Granite DR
> >>     Cottonwood, AZ 86326
> >>     The last name is Havens
> >>
> >> Last night a PLUGER and myself were up until 2AM and we determined the
> >> drive was  toast. Here are a  couple of relevant correspondenses:
> >>
> >> Michael Havens
> >> <bmike1 at gmail.com>      Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 1:50 AM
> >> To: michael at butash.net
> >> root at 1[hda1]# fdisk -l /dev/hda1
> >>
> >> Disk /dev/hda1: 38.3 GB, 38329772544 bytes
> >> 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 74268 cylinders
> >> Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
> >>
> >> Disk /dev/hda1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
> >> root at 1[hda1]# ls /dev/hd*
> >> /dev/hda  /dev/hda1  /dev/hda2  /dev/hda5  /dev/hdc
> >> root at 1[hda1]#
> >>
> >> So this seems to indicate that my partiton table has been hosed
> >> somehow. Is that all it says? Is it like I can repair the partition
> >> table but after I do that I better replace the drive?
> >> - Show quoted text -
> >> --
> >> :-)~MIKE~(-:
> >>
> >> Add star
> >> Michael Butash
> >> <michael at butash.net>    Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 2:26 AM
> >> Reply-To: michael at butash.net
> >> To: Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>
> >> Eww, yeah that's not good.  If you had a backup of your geometry
> >> (fdisk -l) you could theoretically repartition right over it and just
> >> go on with life, assuming the data is there, but I'm thinking it's
> >> really not.  You're getting into forensics at this point to data
> >> recover.
> >>
> >> On the flip side, i don't know what kind of forensic restore
> >> applications might be out there to do this automagically.  Not had to
> >> (knock on wood).  You can pay to have it done, but it is NOT cheap.
> >>
> >> Best case is you have a backup to move on, worst you will next time.
> >> Might need to kick something and move on.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 11/14/11, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com> wrote:
> >> > The 240 error can happen:
> >> >
> >> > a) If you are trying to mount the drive in an EXT4 on an EXT2
> partition
> >> > (journaling is disabled).
> >> > b) If you have mounted in EXT4 when using grub.
> >> > *c)* If you have a ext4 root and don’t use grub2, you can obtain this
> >> > error:
> >> >
> >> > EXT3-fs: sda1: couldn’t mount because of unsupported optional features
> >> (240)
> >> >
> >> > Add "*rootfstype=ext4*" to the kernel line* or at the grub>  line when
> >> > specifying the initrd?
> >> >
> >> > **ARE you CERTAIN you have ext4 and not ext2?
> >> >
> >> > You can "fdisk -l" to see a list of disks and types.**
> >> > *
> >> >
> >> > Of course, there also is:
> >> >
> >> > d) Your drive journal is toast as your fsck failed.
> >> >
> >> > I suggest you boot into either recovery mode or LiveDistro/Knoppix and
> >> > manually work on the drive or:
> >> >
> >> > 0) Boot into recovery mode and follow these instructions.
> >> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCdRecovery
> >> >
> >> > if not successful:
> >> >
> >> > 0) Move off or backup your data.
> >> >
> >> > 1) Rebuild with new distro version following recovery recommendations:
> >> >
> >> > I can drop an Ubuntu Live and a knoppix tool distro into the mail for
> >> > you
> >> > today?  What is your distro version exactly, please and upgrade
> choice?
> >> >
> >> > Contact me offline with your address?
> >> >
> >> > Other references:
> >> >
> >> > Fsck:  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SystemAdministration/Fsck
> >> >
> >> > Booting Ubuntu 10.10 into Recovery Mode:
> >> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecoveryMode
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 6:36 AM, kitepilot at kitepilot.com <
> >> > kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> 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<
> >> http://www.gnu.org/s/ddrescue/ddrescue.html>)
> >> >> or
> >> >> dd_rescue
> >> >> (http://www.garloff.de/kurt/**linux/ddrescue/<
> >> 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<
> >> 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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