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-- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 782 801 749 www.mountbatten.net On Wednesday 03 February 2010 01:13:02 Bernard Wanyama wrote: > Hi all, > > We finally fixed it today. > > Jacques had accidentally knocked out the partition table of his hard > disk (/dev/sdb) and not that of the USB stick (/dev/sdd)! > > Luckily, he had a live-USB Ubuntu - Karmic Koala - Netbook remix. > > We booted off the USB. downloaded testdisk debian package and > installed it - right on the live USB. We then used testdisk to search > the hard disk (/dev/sdb) for previous partitions and we did find his > last valid partition. Restore, save, reboot! > > We got right back in and when the laptop booted into his old desktop > environment, I discovered that Jacques could actually say thank you in > Luganda!! > > We also decided to fix the 'offending' USB stick by wiping its > partition table using gparted in Ubuntu and creating a VFAT partition > on it. After that, the full 2GB capacity was available - at least we > could copy and play back some Beatles and Tempations audio files. > > A wonderful evening of data recovery - courtesy of Testdisk and Ubuntu > Karmic Koala. > > Cheers! > Bernard > > On 01/02/2010, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is it me or did you format the wrong disk? > > > > On 30/01/2010, Jacques Schrier <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear John, > >> > >> the first link didn't workout. > >> > >> the second and third link are to high for me. > >> > >> I'll keep trying. > >> > >> Jacques > >> > >> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 9:07 PM, John Kibuuka <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Jacques, > >>> > >>> Please don't sweat as it wouldn't help. Calm down and think straight. > >>> > >>> This might help, > >>> > >>> http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-5134.html > >>> > >>> Using the super grub disk might help you as well to repair grub which > >>> you can download from, > >>> > >>> http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10921 > >>> > >>> and the tutorial, > >>> > >>> > >>> http://www.supergrubdisk.org/wiki/SGD_Howto_make#How_to_make_a_Super_Gr > >>>ub_Disk_Cdrom . > >>> > >>> I hope that helps. > >>> > >>> John > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Jacques Schrier > >>> <[email protected] > >>> > >>> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I think I've done something stupid. > >>>> > >>>> The computer doesn't start any more, grub "error 17" > >>>> > >>>> I'm sweating !!! > >>>> > >>>> Need first aid !!!!! > >>>> > >>>> Jacques > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Jacques Schrier < > >>>> > >>>> [email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> Dear Bernard, > >>>>> > >>>>> formating not working, following error: > >>>>> *Format /dev/sdc1 as fat32* 00:00:00 ( ERROR ) > >>>>> calibrate /dev/sdc1 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS ) *path: > >>>>> /dev/sdc1* *start: 0* > >>>>> *end: 3948542* > >>>>> *size: 3948543 (1.88 GiB)* set partition type on > >>>>> /dev/sdc1 00:00:00 ( ERROR ) libparted messages ( INFO ) > >>>>> */dev/sdc: unrecognised disk label* I've used Gparted > >>>>> > >>>>> Any idea? > >>>>> > >>>>> Jacques > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> LUG mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > >>>> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > >>>> > >>>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > >>>> (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for > >>>> them in any way. > >>>> --------------------------------------- > > > > -- > > "Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length" > > -- Robert Frost > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > > way. --------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
