Boot your box with a live CD (I can place one in my server for you)
type:
cat /proc/partitions
If you see your partition, then:
mount -o ro /dev/{my partition} /mnt
DO A BACKUP NOW!, your stuff will be in /mnt/{somewhere}
After you backup, then:
umount /mnt
fsck /dev/{my partition}
If all goes well, then again:
mount -t{your filesystem type} /dev/{my partition} /mnt
chroot /mnt
grub-install /dev/{my partition}
(elevate a prayer...)
exit
reboot
Best of luck...
ET
Michael Havens writes:
Yep.... I think I had a hard disk failure. I restarted my computer and was
presented with:
error: unknown filesystem.
grub rescue>
I then typed 'ls' and the response was
(hd0) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos3) (hd0,msdos1) (fd0)
which is two partitions, the swap drive, and the floppy disk
how do I verify my suspicion of drive failure?
funny how all this happened just as I was attempting to back it up.
--
:-)~MIKE~(-:
---------------------------------------------------
PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected]
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
