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Re: [SLE] [LILO,HD] BIG BIG EMERGENCY!
- From: Oliver Ob <ob_ok@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 01:32:08 +0200
- Message-id: <3BB659F8.1FC7772D@xxxxxxx>
Steven Hatfield schrieb:
>
> On Friday 28 September 2001 11:04 am, Oliver Ob wrote:
> > WHAT HAPPENED:
> > ==============
> > I am unable to access the harddrisk hda, I cannot read the partition
> > table since:
> >
> > WHAT I DID:
> > ===========
> > I just executed lilo after changing the boot _order_ (boot dos second,
> > linux first), nothing extraordinary really. Lilo completed correctly
> > as always, but since then I cannot boot nor even access any partition
> > n that hda.
> >
> > ERRORS:
> > =======
> > error 0x40 uncorrectable error LBAsect=9 sector=0
> > end_request: I/O error dev 03:00 (hda) sector
> > unable to read partition table
> >
> > AND NOW?:
> > =========
> > Running fdisk /dev/hda says "cannot read partition data"
> > Even trying with DOS6.22' DOS-FDISK (fdisk /mbr) did not bring me on,
> > since it complains it cannot read/write the partition table.
> >
> > EMERGENCY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! REAL TROUBLE!!!!!!!!
> > =========================================================
> > I need my data back. I cannot repartition hda, is there any tool to
> > help me out of this desaster? Maybe this is a lilo bug? Since I have
> > not done any thing to the data inside /etc/lilo.conf, only changed
> > the order of appearance!!!! not more!
> >
> > HELP PLEEEEEEZ!
>
> Is hda an ext2 partition? If so, there is a utility for windows that can read
> the data from the drive called Explore2FS, located at:
> http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm
>
Thanks Steven, I am going to try that one.
> If you can boot into Windows, you can use this to bring the data from the
> Linux partition into the Windows partition, and back it up on removable media
> >from there. The you can go about the arduous task of rebuilding your
> partition table, which may include repartitioning the drive.
>
> Good luck!
> -Steven
Problem is: I cannot even re write the partition data. When I run
fdisk on hda, it exits (!!!!!) with "unable to read hda".
So I cannot even edit data!
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>
> On Friday 28 September 2001 11:04 am, Oliver Ob wrote:
> > WHAT HAPPENED:
> > ==============
> > I am unable to access the harddrisk hda, I cannot read the partition
> > table since:
> >
> > WHAT I DID:
> > ===========
> > I just executed lilo after changing the boot _order_ (boot dos second,
> > linux first), nothing extraordinary really. Lilo completed correctly
> > as always, but since then I cannot boot nor even access any partition
> > n that hda.
> >
> > ERRORS:
> > =======
> > error 0x40 uncorrectable error LBAsect=9 sector=0
> > end_request: I/O error dev 03:00 (hda) sector
> > unable to read partition table
> >
> > AND NOW?:
> > =========
> > Running fdisk /dev/hda says "cannot read partition data"
> > Even trying with DOS6.22' DOS-FDISK (fdisk /mbr) did not bring me on,
> > since it complains it cannot read/write the partition table.
> >
> > EMERGENCY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! REAL TROUBLE!!!!!!!!
> > =========================================================
> > I need my data back. I cannot repartition hda, is there any tool to
> > help me out of this desaster? Maybe this is a lilo bug? Since I have
> > not done any thing to the data inside /etc/lilo.conf, only changed
> > the order of appearance!!!! not more!
> >
> > HELP PLEEEEEEZ!
>
> Is hda an ext2 partition? If so, there is a utility for windows that can read
> the data from the drive called Explore2FS, located at:
> http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm
>
Thanks Steven, I am going to try that one.
> If you can boot into Windows, you can use this to bring the data from the
> Linux partition into the Windows partition, and back it up on removable media
> >from there. The you can go about the arduous task of rebuilding your
> partition table, which may include repartitioning the drive.
>
> Good luck!
> -Steven
Problem is: I cannot even re write the partition data. When I run
fdisk on hda, it exits (!!!!!) with "unable to read hda".
So I cannot even edit data!
--
*º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ =Oliver@home= *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤
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I http://www.bmw-roadster.de/Friends/friends.html I
I http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VGAP-93 I
I http://home.t-online.de/home/spacecraft.portal I
>>> Telek0ma iBBMS - soon back online +49.4503.TRSi1/TRSi2 <<<
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