Re: Hosed FS

[Jason Pincin <chardros@linuxkb.org>]

I feel your pain :(  

I had a bad streak of partition problems myself - although they were all
my fault - it   sux nonetheless.



On Sat, Sep 11, 1999 at 08:56:25AM -0700, Micah K Yoder wrote:
> Aaron Turner wrote:
> > 
> > IDE right?  If so, sounds like the master (hda)
> 
> Yeah, it's IDE.
> 
>  is having fits.  That
> > would explain the BIOS not finding both disks.  Time to get a new disk
> > buddy.
> 
> Actually I'm planning on getting a whole new computer when this one
> blows.  I was hoping to wait a few months, but maybe I won't.  I'm
> thinking a loaded K7....
> 
> > My guess is that on of your disks (probably the primary) is flakey which
> > is preventing your system from reading the partition table on the
> > secondary.  Try moving hdb to the other IDE
> 
> Forgot to mention:  The other partitions on hdb mount just fine, both
> ext2 and HPFS.  It's only /dev/hdb8 and I think hdb9 also.
> 
> But nevertheless, something is screwey.  Thanks for the idea....