M9. wrote:
so something must have been done, evidently accidentally :-).
Indeed, but not by me, and there is no-one else that uses this pc...
what one can do accidentally is unlimited :-(. This can (just a guess)
be the result of a powerdown at the worst moment
I have an hosted server (physically hosted by an university) that
couldn't boot after an unwanted power down. typing "lilo" at the
rescue prompt was enough to restore the boot sector.
after some enquiry, it seems that all the room was cautiously shut
down for electrical maintenance, but the maintenance crew managed to
power on all the system in the mean time. probably afraid of doing so,
tey shut down almost immediately. On my server this was during MBR
reading. I beg some sort of surge took place on the disks heads, or
enywhere else, end the MBR was written...
problem: this happenned in the middle of hollidays and the room was
not accessible by me, so one week off...
there is nothing to be done against such things :-(((
jdd
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