Well, I got some rest and took a walk to clear my head. After getting back, I started Googling and found a few options.
First, some tools: 1. gpart (some instructions and download here: http://smokeping.planetmirror.com/pub/gpart/) 2. fixdisktable (ftp://bmrc.berkeley.edu/pub/linux/rescue/fixdisktable-0.3.tar.gz) 3. testdisk (http://www.esiea.fr/pulic_html/Christophe.GRENIER/testdisk.html) Last resort, some good information in case I needed to manually rebuild the partition tables: 1. [uug] fixing partition table (http://uug.byu.edu/pipermail/uug-list/2003-June/003957.html) 2. [vox-tech] HOWTO [NOT] remove lilo... (http://lists.lugod.org/pipermail/vox-tech/2003-January/004300.html) and the reply (http://lists.lugod.org/pipermail/vox-tech/2003-January/004302.html) I gave 'gpart' a whirl, and lo and behold if it didn't do the trick admirably. Kudos to the maker of gpart! Sorry for the "911" post before Googling, but I didn't expect my head to clear up any day soon (what with the cold bug going around) and I needed my comp back ASAP. Once again, the power of Open Source software never ceases to amaze me! HTH someone else, Curtis -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: September 24, 2003 6:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Whoopsie using 'dd' cmd, need advice I need to make a note not to try anything that requires thinking when I'm coming down with a cold... I was trying to get LILO onto the MBR of the first disk (I have two) in my system by copying the MBR from the second disk. I won't go into the gory details why, but suffice it to say it could've waited until I'd had some sleep. :P Here's what I did: dd if=/dev/hdc of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1 Looking at it now, I'm laughing because it's so wrong, but I was tired and wanted results... well, I got some. :P My question: to what extent have I eradicated data on the first disk? Is there a way to get the partition tables back? Thank you in advance, Curtis
