On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Grant <emailgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > LOL. Except not really. Am I totally screwed or is there some > little-known method for kick-starting an apparently dead HD? > Everything was fine until it was rebooted. Multiple reboots always > come back to: > > Invalid Boot diskette- Enter BOOT diskette into A: > > Cracks about how if the system is old enough to have a floppy drive > then it's overdue for a dead HD are appropriate.
Things I would try: Go into BIOS and make sure settings are still proper (sometimes it can get wiped out and set to bad values) Make sure BIOS can see the HDD manufacturer and model number etc. If not, power off, re-seat the HDD cables and try again If yes, boot from liveCD and use your favorite tools to examine the drive If the drive is visible, partition table in-tact, then I would try to chroot into your gentoo and reinstall your boot loader like in the installation handbook If drive is not visible, take it out and hook it up to another computer If other computer can read it, maybe your motherboard/controller got fried somehow If other computer can't read it either... buy a new HDD and restore from your most recent backup ;)
