Re: data recovery / ext3 partition
* ville virtanen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040206 09:06]: > Hello, > > I tried to install Windows ME to a hard drive with an existing Debian > system. During the install the system insisted on formatting drive > "C", and since I had created an extra primary partition marked > bootable to be "C" under Linux I figured why not. After reaching 100% > the install said formatting failed and quit. > > Fine, so I try to boot back to Linux but get the "No operating system" > instead. Booting to Knoppix I found the partition table totally > screwed up. I managed to get back /home and /usr partitions using > gpart, but it seems the / partition has been partly overwritten. I've read that it's a good idea to create partitions using the fdisk from the OS you plan on installing there. I would guess that any fdisk should be able to do the same thing, writing the partition table in a sane way, but I also suppose that in practice, maybe you're seeing evidence of the difference between "should" and "is". Perhaps next time, you might be better off creating a windows partition with windows' fdisk. I don't have direct experience with it (thankfully, I don't remember the last time I created a partition for a windows installation), but I thought I'd pass along the advice, FWIW. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- http://www.doorstop.net/sprintpcs_sucks signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: data recovery / ext3 partition
on Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 07:02:47PM +0200, ville virtanen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, Hi. Please set your mailer/editor linewrap to 68-75 characters. I strongly recommend 72 as a good default. While many mail clients will accomodate unwrapped text: - Some don't. Be considerate. - Many more fail to wrap and attribute quotes properly. - Many web-based list archives render unwrapped text as very long lines, e.g.: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200309/msg00568.html Thank you. > I tried to install Windows ME to a hard drive with an existing Debian > system. During the install the system insisted on formatting drive > "C", and since I had created an extra primary partition marked > bootable to be "C" under Linux I figured why not. After reaching 100% > the install said formatting failed and quit. > > Fine, so I try to boot back to Linux but get the "No operating system" > instead. Booting to Knoppix I found the partition table totally > screwed up. I managed to get back /home and /usr partitions using > gpart, but it seems the / partition has been partly overwritten. > e2fsck gives the following: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] e2fsck -n /dev/hda1 > e2fsck 1.34-WIP (21-May-2003) > Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks... > Superblock has a bad ext3 journal (inode 377). > Clear? no > > e2fsck: Illegal inode number while checking ext3 journal for /dev/hda1 > > Any ideas how to recover the partition? Or should I just wipe it, > after all, the most important stuff (i.e. /home) seems to be safe? From your backups, of course. The ext3 filesystem doesn't support an "undo" or recovery feature. Wipe. Carefully. Note that it's possible you've got valid data there, but your partition table is inaccurate. In which case, it's possible to reconstruct your partition table and recover your data. I've done this. The trick is that partitioning your disk doesn't actually change the data on it (though creating a filesystem does). I keep hardcopy printouts of my partition table bindered for all my systems, to make this slightly easier than going from memory. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Bush/Cheney '04: This time, elect us! signature.asc Description: Digital signature
data recovery / ext3 partition
Hello, I tried to install Windows ME to a hard drive with an existing Debian system. During the install the system insisted on formatting drive "C", and since I had created an extra primary partition marked bootable to be "C" under Linux I figured why not. After reaching 100% the install said formatting failed and quit. Fine, so I try to boot back to Linux but get the "No operating system" instead. Booting to Knoppix I found the partition table totally screwed up. I managed to get back /home and /usr partitions using gpart, but it seems the / partition has been partly overwritten. e2fsck gives the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] e2fsck -n /dev/hda1 e2fsck 1.34-WIP (21-May-2003) Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks... Superblock has a bad ext3 journal (inode 377). Clear? no e2fsck: Illegal inode number while checking ext3 journal for /dev/hda1 Any ideas how to recover the partition? Or should I just wipe it, after all, the most important stuff (i.e. /home) seems to be safe? Thanks in advance. .. MTV3 Laajakaista - Hauskemman elämän puolesta. http://www.mtv3.fi/liittyma/hankinta/laajakaista/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
