Sorry to rain on your parade, but most likely you have a hardware fault. If you open up the box, with the power off, check that the cables are all in place. I have seen a connector fall off a Dell system once.
Cheers, Jill. -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Ai [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 11 May 2005 4:13 PM To: Sydney Linux User Group Subject: [SLUG] urgent! Hard disc dissapeared. I was doing some recording using audacity, when i tried to save a project, the system froze and i could not switch to a console to shut the machine down, so i had to use the reset button and after this my system could not boot up anymore, it could not a mount the hard disk which i mount to /home ... the error message reads The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesystem (and not swap of ufs or something else), then the superblock is currupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: e2fsck -b 8193 <device> then i log into the rescue mode and the /dev/hdb1 is not there. what is going on here? googling didn't give me much more information. i have all my data on this disk and only have a partial backup ... can anyone please help me? thanks a lot urgent! Hard disc disappeared. J Ai -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTICES This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties. This email is intended only for the named addressee. Any privacy, confidence, copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties, is not lost because this email was sent to you by mistake. If you received this email by mistake you should: (i) not copy, disclose, distribute or otherwise use it, or its contents, without the consent of Aristocrat or the owner of the relevant rights; (ii) let us know of the mistake by reply email or by telephone (+61 2 9413 6300); and (iii) delete it from your system and destroy all copies. Any personal information contained in this email must be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Electronic and internet communications can be interfered with or affected by viruses and other defects. As a result, such communications may not be successfully received or, if received, may cause interference with the integrity of receiving, processing or related systems (including hardware, software and data or information on, or using, that hardware or software). Aristocrat gives no assurances in relation to these matters. If you have any doubts about the veracity or integrity of any electronic communication we appear to have sent you, please call +61 2 9413 6300 for clarification. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
