Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 21:56:07 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Francis Yeung <fyeung@fyeung8.netific.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to fixit Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970130215458.28180L-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <9701310112.AA15407@fyeung8.netific.com>
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On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, Francis Yeung wrote: > During upgrade from 2.1.5 to 2.1.6, I made a dum mistake > in doing sync/sync/reboot after I merged my old /etc/ files into the > upgraded /etc directory instead of doing an exit. Huh? That's exactly what you're supposed to do in the subshell! > The disk partitions got yanked and the disk can not be booted > anymore because of invalid partition. Is this from mount or what? > Using the "fixit" floppy, "disklabel -r wd0" indicates that > the label is invalid. There is no vi in the "fixit" floppy. > > > What will be my best shot in recovering the disklabel (slices/ > partitions etc) ? Or anything from the disk. This is beyond me -- I'm not familiar with disk recovery. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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