> If that produces no solution, then I would boot to a rescue CD, and > then run fsck on the hard disk if I could at least get the rescue CD to > see it.
Actually, I would recommend against running fsck on a disk suspected of hardware failure until after you've recovered your data. You're just asking to damage more data by writing to the disk. I would first try to recover your important files using something like the sleuthkit/autopsy. There are boot disks which include these, such as Helix and FCCU. Once you've safely recovered any files you can, you can always try to run the fsck if you think the drive isn't actually dying. Good luck, tim _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
