HD crash: Unable to read partition table

[Ioannis Samoladas]

> On Tue, 2002-06-11 at 17:26, Alex Papadopoulos wrote:
> > (snipped mono ta sxetika kommatia)
> >
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> > hdb: ST310212A, ATA DISK drive
> > hdb: 20005650 sectors (10243 MB) w/512KiB Cache,
CHS=2480/128/63, (U)DMA
> >
> > Partition check:
> > ...
> > hdb:hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete
Error }
> > hdb: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError },
LBAsect=1, sector=0
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:40 (hdb), sector 0
> >  unable to read partition table
> Vasika opws 8a prepei na sou exoun pei eidi afta den einai
software error messages
> Hardware derived pou simenei: eite mihanismo.. eitai
plaketa...
> Arra den 8a kanei douleia to apla na kaneis overwrite to
Partition Table
> (an den mporeis na to diavaseis...)
> Ara kataligoume stin arxi tou simpantos:
> ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR IMPORTANT DATA!!!
> O monos tropos na ton swseis einai na do8oun ekeina ta
1000 dolaria h na
> mpeis esi stin diadikasia tou vrisko allo idio disko kai
kano ton Mr
> Scotty

An brei allo disko kai allaksei plaketa
de nomizo na ginei kai tipote.
To exo kanei 3 fores ayto epityxos.
Alla tote to OS DEN eblepe to sklito katholou eno
stin periptosi ayti ton vlepei (montelo, xoritikotita...).
Opote mallon periorizomaste sta $1000


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[data structures] and I shall continue mystified.
Show me your [data structures] and I won't
usually need your [code]; it'll be obvious"

Frederic Brooks, "The Mythical Man Month"

Ioannis Samoladas
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