GRUB fried _ access old HDs (what I 've tried) -and gotten 2/3 done
People, I'm learning ... Thanks for our help. Now I have been able to access 3 of the drives seen by my bios (Master Primary, Master Slave and Secondary Slave... the Secondary Master is still missing to linux). However, what I had to do was to mount them in a fold called /mnt (don't ask me why, I just follwed the clues when I tried other things). I am not able to do an fdisk from either my user logon, or going to su. The only way i have been able to use fdisk is to log on s root, cd /sbin and the use fdisk. The system will not let me use it any other way. (O well, at least I can use it). I can access files on the old linux disk (SuSE) and one of my old Windows disks. I am still not able to access the old primary Windows disk (which in the old system was C) and the one I am not able to dual boot from... this is what started all of this... when I tried to boot the old system one day I got this error message: GRUB hard disk failure... Which probably means the disk is fried... and I cannot get anything from it... I have tried to mount it using the commands that got the other two seen, but no luck. Any other ideas to rescue it? Thanks Here is the output of latest fdisk (as you can see, I put in a folder to hold hdc, but have not been able to put anything in it): [root@localhost root]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/hdd: 3501 MB, 3501793280 bytes 128 heads, 63 sectors/track, 848 cylinders Units = cylinders of 8064 * 512 = 4128768 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdd1 1 128 516064+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hdd2 * 129 848 2903040 83 Linux Disk /dev/hda: 163.9 GB, 163928604672 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19929 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/hda2 14 19799 158931045 83 Linux /dev/hda3 19800 19929 1044225 82 Linux swap Disk /dev/hdb: 8455 MB, 8455200768 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1027 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 257 2064321 6 FAT16 /dev/hdb2 258 1026 6176992+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hdb5 258 514 2064321 6 FAT16 /dev/hdb6 515 770 2056288+ 6 FAT16 /dev/hdb7 771 1026 2056288+ 6 FAT16 [root@localhost root]# cd /mnt [root@localhost mnt]# dir floppy hdb hdc hdd [root@localhost mnt]# ===== Stephen W Sarasota, FL "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine ..." Proverbs __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/
On Thursday 03 June 2004 16:06, Stephen W wrote:
People, I'm learning ... Thanks for our help. Now I have been able to access 3 of the drives seen by my bios (Master Primary, Master Slave and Secondary Slave... the Secondary Master is still missing to linux).
/snip/ IF the old Windows disk was NOT formatted in NTFS, and you have a dos boot floppy with fdisk on it, then boot off the floppy and then issue the command fdisk -mbr This should reinitialise the master boot record if the disk is really functional. It will destroy any multi-boot stuff of course. But you'll be able to read the drive. There are one or two dos programs that will read anything readable on a drive, as long as it is turning and the heads will move, but I don't know offhand what they are. I have actually seen one of them work!
I can access files on the old linux disk (SuSE) and one of my old Windows disks. I am still not able to access the old primary Windows disk (which in the old system was C) and the one I am not able to dual boot from... this is what started all of this... when I tried to boot the old system one day I got this error message:
GRUB hard disk failure...
/snip/
--- Doug McGarrett
On Thursday 03 June 2004 16:06, Stephen W wrote:
People, I'm learning ... Thanks for our help. Now I have been able to access 3 of the drives seen by my bios (Master Primary, Master Slave and Secondary Slave... the Secondary Master is still missing to linux).
/snip/
IF the old Windows disk was NOT formatted in NTFS, and you have a dos boot floppy with fdisk on it, then boot off the floppy and then issue the command fdisk -mbr This should reinitialise the master boot record if the disk is really functional. It will destroy any multi-boot stuff of course. But you'll be able to read the drive.
There are one or two dos programs that will read anything readable on a drive, as long as it is turning and the heads will move, but I don't know offhand what they are. I have actually seen one of them work!
Thanks Doug, I have such a floppy. I will logoff, reconfigure the HDs and try it. Thanks again StephenW __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/
Thanks all of you...
The HD was not gone ... just the MBR
Doug, thanks for that lead....
You can be sure Win has its own way of doing it ...
took a little looking but the correct input was:
fdisk /mbr
It repaired what I used to know as C drive (that was
the dual boot source for the SuSE and the Win98 OS).
I now have RH 9 on one drive, SuSE 8.2 on one drive,
and Win98 on another (the 4th disk was an old Win HD
with old docs, etc).
Now to resurrect the GRUB on C... I will let you know
how it goes... by the way this is being written on the
old Win system... and EGAD is it slow to connect and
d/l anything... I will need to shut down and
reconfigure everything...
Thanks again people
Excuse the top posting...
I am out of here..
Stephen
--- Doug McGarrett
On Thursday 03 June 2004 16:06, Stephen W wrote:
People, I'm learning ... Thanks for our help. Now I have been able to access 3 of the drives seen by my bios (Master Primary, Master Slave and Secondary Slave... the Secondary Master is still missing to linux).
/snip/
IF the old Windows disk was NOT formatted in NTFS, and you have a dos boot floppy with fdisk on it, then boot off the floppy and then issue the command fdisk -mbr This should reinitialise the master boot record if the disk is really functional. It will destroy any multi-boot stuff of course. But you'll be able to read the drive.
There are one or two dos programs that will read anything readable on a drive, as long as it is turning and the heads will move, but I don't know offhand what they are. I have actually seen one of them work!
I can access files on the old linux disk (SuSE)
one of my old Windows disks. I am still not able to access the old primary Windows disk (which in the
and old
system was C) and the one I am not able to dual boot from... this is what started all of this... when I tried to boot the old system one day I got this error message:
GRUB hard disk failure...
/snip/
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On Thursday 03 June 2004 22:29, Doug McGarrett wrote:
On Thursday 03 June 2004 16:06, Stephen W wrote:
People, I'm learning ... Thanks for our help. Now I have been able to access 3 of the drives seen by my bios (Master Primary, Master Slave and Secondary Slave... the Secondary Master is still missing to linux).
/snip/
IF the old Windows disk was NOT formatted in NTFS, and you have a dos boot floppy with fdisk on it, then boot off the floppy and then issue the command fdisk -mbr This should reinitialise the master boot record if the disk is really functional. It will destroy any multi-boot stuff of course. But you'll be able to read the drive.
There are one or two dos programs that will read anything readable on a drive, as long as it is turning and the heads will move, but I don't know offhand what they are. I have actually seen one of them work!
I can access files on the old linux disk (SuSE) and one of my old Windows disks. I am still not able to access the old primary Windows disk (which in the old system was C) and the one I am not able to dual boot from... this is what started all of this... when I tried to boot the old system one day I got this error message:
GRUB hard disk failure...
/snip/
I'm not sure, but before you do that, read this http://www.pro-linux.de/news/2004/6872.html page if you can, or at least http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2004-May/msg00908.html It just /might/ apply to you. BTW, did you check the jumper(s) and the cables of the HD? Jumper(s) in right position, and cable works with other HD's? Cheers, Leen
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