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On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 18:28 +0000, Kevin Lucas wrote: > On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 17:52 +0000, Pat Sumner wrote: > > 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...] > > > > > YOu probably need to fdisk (whilst unmounted) > > the faulty disks > > you can do this from Knoiipx or a "Live distro" > > if you want a gui type program then Gpatrd may help in recovering the > files > > but fdisk from the command line is the first I would try > fidisk -l /dev/sda1 > would list the first partition > > then fdisk each partition see what you get then fsck -r I should have said > > -- > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > Regards > > Kevin Lucas > Minions Post Master(Sub) > sip:kevin.lucas@xxxxxxxxx > www.minionsbandb.co.uk > www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk > FaceBook Minions_shop > Po House, Minions, > Liskeard Cornwall > PL14 5LE > 01579363386 > > -- ________________________________________________________________________ Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) sip:kevin.lucas@xxxxxxxxx www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk FaceBook Minions_shop Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq