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Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 18:33:05 -0400
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From: zoogy@cris.com (Chad Shackley)
Subject: Screwed / partition
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RE my last note about FreeBSD not starting, the sysinstall program just 
automatically runs upon startup and the system reboots again after exiting 
sysinstall:

Since I can get to all the partitions using a fixit floppy, I backed up 
everything I need from the / partition.  Is there a safe way to "redo" the / 
partition, just start it and only it from scratch, and hopefully to 
reinstall the proper startup procedure with it?  I'd like to keep my /usr 
and /var partitions, they seem to be normal.

Chad