On 5/13/05, Angelina Carlton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 02:32:16PM -0400, Marty wrote: > > Deboo ^ wrote: > > >I accideantally fdisked my linux hard disk and deleted all > > >partitions, created one single solaris partition. > > > > If you ever ran lilo on a root partition of the disk, then it probably saved > > a copy of the mbr in the /boot directory which can be manually restored with > > a disk editor (for example), although I'm not sure about the multiple disk > > scenario you describe, or about grub. > > > > Furthermore this will only work if you did not repartition the drive after > > running lilo, but even if you did, at least the root partition at that > > time should still be recoverable assuming you didn't do anything fancy in > > the meantime, like resize the root partition with parted. > > > > If all else fails, there are a number of ways to deduce and restore the > > correct > > partition table entries, either manually via inspection of the disk > > contents, > > or using various automatic recovery tools, or even by trial and error. > > > > > > Just for those of us just following along, can I use fdisk to record > the EXACT information on my currently working systems to a file, and > be sure that file contained enough information to rebuild the > partition table if ever needed? Is there a tool/command to do this? > fdisk has quite a few options so I was courious about some > preventative measures. > > Deboo I REALLY hope you get this fixed btw. > > -- > Angelina Carlton
Thanks Angelina and everyone else, for these good wishes. I hope to get this recovered today. I postponed it to do it today, Sunday. Anyway, as I mentioned earlier, I would say that it's better to jot down the partition info in to your diary rather than just save on disk. I was lucky to have saved this info before. Regards, Deboo -- Please don't Cc: me, I'm subscribed to the list.
