HPFS 386 HELP!

From: Jason McBrien <jbmcb_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed May 31 09:08:13 2000

Sounds like there might be a bad block in the FAT, or superblock, or
whatever OS/2 calls it. If bootcode or FAT information gets corrupt there
isn't a whole lot you can do about it. You could try hooking it up to a
linux machine and mount it read-only to get your files off. If the FAT is
corrupt the only way to get the drive back is a low level format.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Technoid Mutant" <Technoid_at_cheta.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 6:50 AM
Subject: HPFS 386 HELP!


> My warp4 machine ate it'self the other day. At restart it runs checkdisk,
> indicates that it has relocated information stored on a bad sector then
says
> it cannot continue. After this the driver reports that the disk is dirty
and
> needs to be checked in order to function.
>
> I pulled the drive and mounted it on another machine I have which is
running
> an identical version and service level of warp 4. It is also running
> HPFS386. Checkdisk/F gives the same error as it does when I try to boot
the
> disk on the machine it belongs to.
>
> The drive passes diagnostics. I am running Linux from another partition
right
> now (it was a dual-boot OS/2, Linux drive but OS/2 won't boot now....).
>
> I've searched the web like crazy for more advanced tools which will work
on an
> HPFS386 filesystem to no avail. Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Jeff
> (technoid_at_cheta.net)
>
>
Received on Wed May 31 2000 - 09:08:13 BST