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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!EU.net!newsfeed.Austria.EU.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!het.net!newsgate.unisource.nl!xs4all!not-for-mail From: "Robert Soen" <rsoen@xs4all.nl> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Good GOD, I'm ****ed! Date: 29 Apr 1997 09:31:03 GMT Organization: XS4ALL, networking for the masses Lines: 67 Message-ID: <01bc5480$9c168580$e8306dc2@rbsoen.congresgebouw.nl> References: <01bc53e7$d0302c20$e5180ed0@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: ztm-isdn02-07.dial.xs4all.nl X-XS4ALL-Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 11:31:03 CEST X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39913 What about the daily backups? Robert Soen Immortal <webmaster@global-impact.com> wrote in article <01bc53e7$d0302c20$e5180ed0@default>... > > The HORROR story. > > System setup: P133; 100mb RAM; d1) 2.1gig IDE d2) 1.1 gig SCSI; etc. > > d1) NT4.0; WIN95; DOS > d2) FreeBSD 2.2.1 > > * Installed FreeBSD 2.2.1 on the SCSI drive (d2). > > * During the installation, we told it to install its boot manager on d2 > the SCSI drive. > > * After completing the installation proceedure, we deselected our IDE > drive in our BIOS and booted into (d2) no problem. Everything worked > GREAT! > > * Selected our IDE drive in our BIOS and booted into (d1) no problem! > NT4.0; WIN95 and DOS where working GREAT! > > [[[[ Here's when the NIGHTMARE began! ]]]] > > After booting into the FreeBSD 2.2.1 on (d2), 3 time, its MBR migrated over > to our (d1) rendering our (d1) useless! Yes, MIRGRATE is the proper word! > We have not found anyone able to tell us how it found its way over to (d1); > Almost VIRUS like! shhhh! > > We tring FDISK /MBR using a WIN95 / WINNT4 / DOS 4 / etc boot disk to try > to get back into our (d1) IDE drive but everything FAILED! > > NO DRIVE LETTER > UNKNOWN FORMAT > DRIVE NOT READY > > And other drive ERROR messages. > > After 4 days of trying to get into (d1), the primary IDE drive, and > failing, we sent the drive away and spent over $1,300 dollars on DATA > RECOVERY! > > [[[[ The GOOD News ]]]] > > They were able to reconstuct/rebuild the entire drive with zero out of > 19,000 files lost! > We lost over $1,300 in our bank account but learned a valuable lesson which > we could not put a price on! > > L E A R N F R O M O U R M I S T A K E !!! > > ...auto-migrating MBR [glitch / virus / one-time problem / ????] you pick > it and beware! > > Operations Manager, Global Impact, Inc. > > >