Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:22:16 -0400 From: PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca> To: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to boot or access problem file system Message-ID: <4A71F2E8.5000105@videotron.ca> In-Reply-To: <ade45ae90907301150p3a8246abg74ba607db9c60220@mail.gmail.com> References: <4A71DB2A.4040401@videotron.ca> <ade45ae90907301150p3a8246abg74ba607db9c60220@mail.gmail.com>
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Tim Judd wrote: > On 7/30/09, PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca> wrote: > >> What can be done to access a file system that seems to have the boot >> sector screwed up? >> The /usr files should be ok but how to access? >> I get errors that the file system is full and I have no idea of how to >> deal with the boot up - the help message is no help! >> Boot says it cannot find a kernel... surely there must be some kind of >> recovery process even if nothing has been backed up. Surely FreeBSD must >> be have something that functions like certain software does on MS ? >> I don't have a problem with irrecoverable files, I would just finally >> understand how things work and what can be done on FBSD. >> TIA. >> PJ >> > > > That's when the livefs comes to the rescue -- if you cannot boot at all > > Otherwise single-user boot works most of the time > how does livefs come into the picture here? What is it? How do you use it? Single-user? if the kernel is not accessible, how do I boot? -- Hervé Kempf: "Pour sauver la planète, sortez du capitalisme." ------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Jourdan --- pj@ptahhotep.com http://www.ptahhotep.com http://www.chiccantine.com/andypantry.php
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