On Friday 28 September 2001 3:04 pm, 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!
As Douglas Adams wrote in nice big friendly letters:
"DON'T PANIC"
Have you tried booting from the SuSE CD-ROM (Rescue System)?
M
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Martin Webster