If you need to recover the data on that disk, we have had some luck swapping
in the circuit board from another (identical) drive then doing the recovery
with a LinuxCare BBC.

Might work.

Patrick McCabe

----- Original Message -----
From: Amy Tanner <amy at real-time.com>
To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [TCLUG] linux boot problem


> On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 10:30:21AM -0500, andy at theasis.com
(andy at theasis.com) wrote:
> > > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount rot fs on 03:01
> > >
> > > What things can I try to get the box up and running?
> >
> > Try a different boot floppy?
> > A rescue disk?
>
> tried - doesn't recognize a harddrive.
>
> > > What tests can I do to determine if the data on the harddrive is still
> > > there?
> >
> > Rip out the HD and throw it in another system. Mount the partitions
> > somewhere and take a look at the filesystem.
>
> neither the bios or a rescue disk recognizes the harddrive.  also put the
> harddrive in another box and same thing.  guess the harddrive is fried.
> damn.
>
> --
> Amy Tanner
> amy at real-time.com
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