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Date:      Thu, 12 Sep 2024 03:41:16 +0200
From:      Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 13.3R's installworld killed system--please help!
Message-ID:  <20240912034116.2b30e890a9160fd69a8eb21b@getmail.no>
In-Reply-To: <202409080444.4884ielv005311@sdf.org>
References:  <202409080444.4884ielv005311@sdf.org>

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On Sat, 07 Sep 2024 23:44:40 -0500
Scott Bennett <bennett@sdf.org> wrote:

>      Four nights ago I posted the text between the dashed lines below to
> freebsd-questions, but have gotten no responses so far.  Meanwhile my main
> system still fails during boot.  Having gotten no responses from -questions,
> I am posting this here in hopes that someone on -stable may be able to help me
> get my system functioning again and preferably without a major loss of data.

Since it hasn't beeen mentioned yet: for old systems that doesn't have "boot from usb" in BIOS,
but can boot from CD / DVD, the Plop Boot Manager[1] is useful.
It allows you boot Plop from CD, then boot a usb from Plop.

References:
1) https://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/intro.html
-- 
Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no>



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