Eric, I cc'd this to the list hope you don't mind. It maintains the thread and may be usefull to others who may be tempted to do something equally stupid. On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 11:23:59AM -0700, Eric Hanchrow wrote: > >>>>> "Russ" == Russ Pitman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Russ> Actually I made a backup with dd to >mbr.img in /root -but- > Russ> I cannot acess the drive. The hdb partitions cannot be > Russ> mounted or booted. > > Oh dear. Have you tried booting from a recovery CD and getting at the > disk that way?
Yes. With the partition table screwed I don't think access is possible by normall legitimate means and I can't afford ASIO. :-))[1] > > Russ> Currently apt-getting approx 2Gig over a 33k connection. > > Good Lord. You couldn't talk someone into burning the CDs for you, > and then mailing them to you? > I doubt if the hassle would be worth it for sid. I have a permanant connection so it is only time. Trying to remember what I had is the hard part. > -- > PGP Fingerprint: 3E7B A3F3 96CA 8958 ACC5 C8BD 6337 0041 C01C 5276 Cheers, [1] .au version of CIA -- ----russ---- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]