hpchang@rose.waterloo.edu (Hsi P. Chang) (02/28/89)
I have a problem and I need help....
I have a 40 Meg Hard Drive, with two FFS partitions of 20 Meg
per shot. One of them recently died on me (I don't really know why), but
it seems that the crash was not extensive. Mount refuses to install the
drive, claiming it is not a DOS disk. I ran both DiskDoctor and DiskSalv
on that partition. DiskDoctor seems to listed/recoverd all the files
correctly, but mount still refuses to mount the drive (ie. I can't
copy the files over). I then tried DiskSalv (v1.3), which proceeded to list
them filenames as it scans the sectors, but always causes a software
failure at cerntain point (ie. Gurus like crazy).
So this is what I think. The files on that partition are recoverable,
if I can just get 'mount' to install the drive correctly. But I need help
in making that Partition a "dos" disk. Any offers ???
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hpchang@rose.waterloo.{edu,cdn} Hsi P. Chang
hpchang@rose.uwaterloo.ca 3B Computer Science, Co-op.
uunet!watmath!rose!hpchang University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canadaandy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) (03/01/89)
In article <11895@watdragon.waterloo.edu> hpchang@rose.waterloo.edu (Hsi P. Chang) writes: > >I have a problem and I need help.... >on that partition. DiskDoctor seems to listed/recoverd all the files >correctly, but mount still refuses to mount the drive (ie. I can't >copy the files over). I then tried DiskSalv (v1.3), which proceeded to list Make sure you are using the release version of DiskDoctor from 1.3 (its version 1.3.4). And make sure you have the correct DOSTYPE set in your mountlist. (0x444F5301). The release DiskDoctor will correct the dostype value located on the boot block to match that of the DOSTYPE value you mounted it with. During your experimentation you probably want to remove any MOUNT=1 statements for the partitions. andy -- andy finkel {uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!andy Commodore-Amiga, Inc. "Question of the Day : When will we get a device independent graphics standard that is fast enough to actually be useful ?" Any expressed opinions are mine; but feel free to share. I disclaim all responsibilities, all shapes, all sizes, all colors.