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There was a discussion about grub error 17 a while back but this doesn't seem to be
in the archive; a search on 'grub' just returned zero. Can anyone point me to the
discussion?
The PC (Debian lenny) has two SATA discs and I get no further than the grub error. I
have put a Knoppix live DVD in and what I have learned is
1. I can mount /dev/sda, which has four partitions;
2. dmesg starts off with a lot of error messages about ata
3. I can't mount the other disc, /dev/sdb, which is the one with all the
important files on
it;
4. /dev/sdb has a reiserfs file system and dmesg says
[ 4870.294237] REISERFS warning (device sdb): sh-2006 read_super_block: bread failed
(dev sdb, block 2, size 4096)
[ 4870.294259] REISERFS warning (device sdb): sh-2006 read_super_block: bread failed
(dev sdb, block 16, size 4096)
[ 4870.294264] REISERFS warning (device sdb): sh-2021 reiserfs_fill_super: can not
find reiserfs
What I am hoping you can tell me is (a) whether this disk and all its files are
lost, or (b) is there a recovery program I can get that will extract at least some
of them. Is there maybe a live OS with more comprehensive resue capabilities than
Knoppix 6.7?
Hopefully,
Tony
[masquerading as Pat Sumner cos my own PC is not working...]
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