From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <16922209.2557.1332231554137.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbcju1> <1c246e87-181f-456f-b12d-5f5553fa0931@px4g2000pbc.googlegroups.co> From: Sauparna Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:57:50 +0530 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf30564091be6a8d04bc21fe65 Subject: Re: [9fans] Unable to boot from CD Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6ece50d8-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --20cf30564091be6a8d04bc21fe65 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Here's 'fdisk -l'. (sdb is a usb disk I connected later.) The warnings seems to corroborate cinap's comment, is it so? The dump: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10125317/sda.16.dump (dd if=/dev/sda of=sda.16.dump bs=4096 count=16) That should be the 1st. 16 sectors I hope. I checked (dumpe2fs) the bs of sda3 (this partition is intact) to use the above bs. Also, to boot into my Windows, I had fixed the mbr using the Windows 'fixmbr' command. So you will find an intact mbr, and therefore not a very useful thing, the dump will turn out to be. This exercise is turning out to be interesting. May I ask how you would have worked on the dump, and what could be learnt from looking into it? And what did you mean by : cat /dev/sd*/ctl, it didn't work for me? I used sda and sda5. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warning: Partition 5 does not end on cylinder boundary. Warning: Partition 6 does not end on cylinder boundary. Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sr0 has been opened read-only. Error: /dev/sr0: unrecognised disk label Disk /dev/sda: 320 GB, 320070320640 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 6374 51199123 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 6375 31298 200193997 f Extended LBA /dev/sda5 6375 30689 195302205 83 Linux /dev/sda6 30690 31297 4875727 82 Linux swap /dev/sda3 31299 37359 48676950 83 Linux /dev/sda4 37360 37759 3204967 39 Plan 9 Disk /dev/sdb: 1000 GB, 1000202273280 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 97 779121 b FAT32 /dev/sdb2 98 1403 10482412 83 Linux /dev/sdb3 1404 121601 965482402 83 Linux --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --20cf30564091be6a8d04bc21fe65 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 SGVyZSYjMzk7cyAmIzM5O2ZkaXNrIC1sJiMzOTsuIChzZGIgaXMgYSB1c2IgZGlzayBJIGNvbm5l Y3RlZCBsYXRlci4pIFRoZSB3YXJuaW5ncyBzZWVtcyB0byBjb3Jyb2JvcmF0ZSBjaW5hcCYjMzk7 cyBjb21tZW50LCBpcyBpdCBzbz8gPGJyPjxicj5UaGUgZHVtcDogPGEgaHJlZj0iaHR0cDovL2Rs LmRyb3Bib3guY29tL3UvMTAxMjUzMTcvc2RhLjE2LmR1bXAiPmh0dHA6Ly9kbC5kcm9wYm94LmNv bS91LzEwMTI1MzE3L3NkYS4xNi5kdW1wPC9hPjxicj4KCihkZCBpZj0vZGV2L3NkYSBvZj1zZGEu MTYuZHVtcCBicz00MDk2IGNvdW50PTE2KTxicj48YnI+VGhhdCBzaG91bGQgYmUgdGhlIDFzdC4g MTYgc2VjdG9ycyBJIGhvcGUuIEkgY2hlY2tlZCAoZHVtcGUyZnMpIHRoZSBicyBvZiBzZGEzICh0 aGlzIHBhcnRpdGlvbiBpcyBpbnRhY3QpIHRvIHVzZSB0aGUgYWJvdmUgYnMuIEFsc28sIHRvIGJv b3QgaW50byBteSBXaW5kb3dzLCBJIGhhZCBmaXhlZCB0aGUgbWJyIHVzaW5nIHRoZSBXaW5kb3dz ICYjMzk7Zml4bWJyJiMzOTsgY29tbWFuZC4gU28geW91IHdpbGwgZmluZCBhbiBpbnRhY3QgbWJy LCBhbmQgdGhlcmVmb3JlIG5vdCBhIHZlcnkgdXNlZnVsIHRoaW5nLCB0aGUgZHVtcCB3aWxsIHR1 cm4gb3V0IHRvIGJlLiA8YnI+Cgo8YnI+VGhpcyBleGVyY2lzZSBpcyB0dXJuaW5nIG91dCB0byBi ZSBpbnRlcmVzdGluZy4gTWF5IEkgYXNrIGhvdyB5b3Ugd291bGQgaGF2ZSB3b3JrZWQgb24gdGhl IGR1bXAsIGFuZCB3aGF0IGNvdWxkIGJlIGxlYXJudCBmcm9tIGxvb2tpbmcgaW50byBpdD8gPGJy Pjxicj5BbmQgd2hhdCBkaWQgeW91IG1lYW4gYnkgOiBjYXQgL2Rldi9zZCovY3RsLCBpdCBkaWRu JiMzOTt0IHdvcmsgZm9yIG1lPyBJIHVzZWQgc2RhIGFuZCBzZGE1Ljxicj4KCjxicj4tLS0tLS0t LS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0t LS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS08YnI+V2FybmluZzogUGFydGl0aW9u IDUgZG9lcyBub3QgZW5kIG9uIGN5bGluZGVyIGJvdW5kYXJ5Ljxicj5XYXJuaW5nOiBQYXJ0aXRp b24gNiBkb2VzIG5vdCBlbmQgb24gY3lsaW5kZXIgYm91bmRhcnkuPGJyPgoKV2FybmluZzogVW5h YmxlIHRvIG9wZW4gL2Rldi9zcjAgcmVhZC13cml0ZSAoUmVhZC1vbmx5IGZpbGUgc3lzdGVtKS7C oCAvZGV2L3NyMCBoYXMgYmVlbiBvcGVuZWQgcmVhZC1vbmx5Ljxicj5FcnJvcjogL2Rldi9zcjA6 IHVucmVjb2duaXNlZCBkaXNrIGxhYmVsPGJyPjxicj5EaXNrIC9kZXYvc2RhOiAzMjAgR0IsIDMy MDA3MDMyMDY0MCBieXRlczxicj4yNTUgaGVhZHMsIDYzIHNlY3RvcnMvdHJhY2ssIDM4OTEzIGN5 bGluZGVyczxicj4KClVuaXRzID0gY3lsaW5kZXJzIG9mIDE2MDY1ICogNTEyID0gODIyNTI4MCBi eXRlczxicj48YnI+wqDCoCBEZXZpY2UgQm9vdMKgwqDCoMKgwqAgU3RhcnTCoMKgwqDCoMKgwqDC oMKgIEVuZMKgwqDCoMKgwqAgQmxvY2tzwqDCoCBJZMKgIFN5c3RlbTxicj4vZGV2L3NkYTHCoMKg ICrCoMKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoCAxwqDCoMKgwqDCoMKgwqAgNjM3NMKgwqDCoCA1MTE5OTEy M8KgwqDCoCA3wqAgSFBGUy9OVEZTPGJyPi9kZXYvc2RhMsKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoMKgwqAg NjM3NcKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoCAzMTI5OMKgwqAgMjAwMTkzOTk3wqDCoMKgIGbCoCBFeHRlbmRlZCBM QkE8YnI+CgovZGV2L3NkYTXCoMKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoMKgIDYzNzXCoMKgwqDCoMKgwqAg MzA2ODnCoMKgIDE5NTMwMjIwNcKgwqAgODPCoCBMaW51eDxicj4vZGV2L3NkYTbCoMKgwqDCoMKg wqDCoMKgwqDCoCAzMDY5MMKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoCAzMTI5N8KgwqDCoMKgIDQ4NzU3MjfCoMKgIDgy wqAgTGludXggc3dhcDxicj4vZGV2L3NkYTPCoMKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoCAzMTI5OcKgwqDC oMKgwqDCoCAzNzM1OcKgwqDCoCA0ODY3Njk1MMKgwqAgODPCoCBMaW51eDxicj4vZGV2L3NkYTTC oMKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoCAzNzM2MMKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoCAzNzc1OcKgwqDCoMKgIDMyMDQ5 NjfCoMKgIDM5wqAgUGxhbiA5PGJyPgoKPGJyPkRpc2sgL2Rldi9zZGI6IDEwMDAgR0IsIDEwMDAy MDIyNzMyODAgYnl0ZXM8YnI+MjU1IGhlYWRzLCA2MyBzZWN0b3JzL3RyYWNrLCAxMjE2MDEgY3ls aW5kZXJzPGJyPlVuaXRzID0gY3lsaW5kZXJzIG9mIDE2MDY1ICogNTEyID0gODIyNTI4MCBieXRl czxicj48YnI+wqDCoCBEZXZpY2UgQm9vdMKgwqDCoMKgwqAgU3RhcnTCoMKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoMKg IEVuZMKgwqDCoMKgwqAgQmxvY2tzwqDCoCBJZMKgIFN5c3RlbTxicj4KCi9kZXYvc2RiMcKgwqAg KsKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoMKgIDHCoMKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoMKgwqAgOTfCoMKgwqDCoMKgIDc3 OTEyMcKgwqDCoCBiwqAgRkFUMzI8YnI+L2Rldi9zZGIywqDCoMKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoMKg wqAgOTjCoMKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoCAxNDAzwqDCoMKgIDEwNDgyNDEywqDCoCA4M8KgIExpbnV4PGJy Pi9kZXYvc2RiM8KgwqDCoMKgwqDCoMKgwqDCoMKgwqAgMTQwNMKgwqDCoMKgwqAgMTIxNjAxwqDC oCA5NjU0ODI0MDLCoMKgIDgzwqAgTGludXg8YnI+LS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0t LS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0t LS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tPGJyPgoKPGJyPgo= --20cf30564091be6a8d04bc21fe65--