[CentOS] big problem at boot

[Always Learning]

On Sun, 2011-09-04 at 09:29 -0400, Michel Donais wrote:

> It's whorst than expected.
> I booted the system with a Centos 5.6 boot disc in rescue mode and when it's 
> time to search for linux partition on the system hard disk I get a message 
> telling that there is no partition on that disk.
> 
> So what's next to recover

I would download Parted Magic from
http://partedmagic.com/doku.php?id=downloads

Copy it to a CD.

Boot from that CD. It runs in RAM.

After setting the screen size form an icon on the left side, run GPARTED
which will give you a clearer understanding of your hard disk drive.

Good Luck,

Paul.