From: James Broadhead <jamesbroadhead@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "Invalid boot diskette" what do I do?
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:59:36 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+hid6EDOicQju4VqnzsuN5fVLDrO+OD903hc-mRmNv2NEaXfw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAN0CFw1CymxVdX=DyjCz-Dod5-S-=QYP25zx=PL3wPfGbnbq+w@mail.gmail.com>
On 17 February 2012 20:47, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
> LOL. Except not really. Am I totally screwed or is there some
> little-known method for kick-starting an apparently dead HD?
> Everything was fine until it was rebooted. Multiple reboots always
> come back to:
>
> Invalid Boot diskette- Enter BOOT diskette into A:
>
> Cracks about how if the system is old enough to have a floppy drive
> then it's overdue for a dead HD are appropriate.
This worked for me moderately well recently:
http://superuser.com/questions/1078/harddrive-in-the-freezer-ever-work-for-you
... in that I was able to get enough files off it to putter along
until I could restore from backups.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-17 21:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-17 20:47 [gentoo-user] "Invalid boot diskette" what do I do? Grant
2012-02-17 20:59 ` James Broadhead [this message]
2012-02-17 22:26 ` imacake/LK
2012-02-18 0:19 ` Grant
2012-02-18 2:50 ` Willie Matthews
2012-02-18 7:06 ` Paul Hartman
2012-02-18 18:30 ` Grant
2012-02-23 21:29 ` Grant
2012-02-24 20:55 ` James Broadhead
2012-02-24 21:09 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-02-26 5:14 ` Grant
2012-02-26 15:10 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
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