I've tried both. fsck_ffs /dev/ad0s1a also exits because of bad superblocks.
On 3/17/06, Glenn Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 09:46 PM 3/16/2006, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: > >On 3/17/06, Michael S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > > > I am relatively new to FreeBSD, have been running it since 5.1. > > > Nothing like what I experienced today had happened previously. > > > My machine crashed and I wasn't able to boot it back, the boot > > > processes wasn't able to find the kernel. I then booted with the 6.0 > > > Release CD and went into the FIXIT mode. > > > I wasn't able to mount /dev/ad0s1a (I have an IDE drive), I then tried > > > fsck_ffs /dev/ad0s1 and the message was: > > > CAN'T READ BLCK 128 > > > ioctl Inappropriate ioctl for device > > > fsck_ffs: /dev/ad0s1 can't read disk label. > > > > > > That machine was 6.0 p-1 (patched once) with slightly modified kernel. > > > > > > Is my data lost? Can anything be done still? > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > > > Michael > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > > >The bad news is that at least some data is lost and the > >HDD is toast. You might also want to try and mount the > >partitions read-only (this way they don't have to be clean). > >Some data might still be accessible. > > I think he would have much greater success by fsck'ing /dev/ad0s1a > instead of /dev/ad0s1. (note the lack of an 'a' in the device name > in the output above. > > -Glenn > > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
