From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 31 18:57:57 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09064106566B for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:57:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75CED8FC08 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:57:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n6VIvsWm059011; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:57:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9B94BBA9D; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:57:54 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:57:54 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: PJ Message-ID: <20090731185754.GB90516@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <4A71DB2A.4040401@videotron.ca> <20090730190458.GA36265@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <4A71F297.1080903@videotron.ca> <20090730220618.GA40281@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <4A7339A7.4010303@videotron.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="wzJLGUyc3ArbnUjN" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A7339A7.4010303@videotron.ca> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to boot or access problem file system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:57:57 -0000 --wzJLGUyc3ArbnUjN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 02:36:23PM -0400, PJ wrote: > Thanks for replying Roland, > I've been struggling with upgrading 7.0 to 7.2... it has taken a lot of > my time and I am still not happy. > Anyway... back to the messed up 7.1 installation. > I ran livefs 7.1 and chose option 6 (I think; it was the last on the > list) and I got the boot cursor (I think) ...=20 Don't do that. Just wait and let the system boot, or choose 1, which amounts to the same. Then choose your country and keyboard settings from the menus you are presented with. Next, you come into the sysinstall main menu. Choose "Fixit", and in the next menu choose "2 CDROM/DVD". Now you enter the standard 'sh'. If you want, type 'tcsh' to start the C shell. I find that more convenient because it uses tab completion for commands and files. You can now use all the commands that are available in the base system. No go back to my previous message and see what if anything is wrong with your disk partitions. > cd devices: > cd0: Device 0x1 > disk devices: > disk0: BIOS drive a: > disk1: BIOS drive C: > disk1s1: Unknown fs: 0x7 (I think this must be ntfs ? but ? ) > disk2: BIOS drive D: > disk3: BIOS drive E: > disk3s1a: FFS > disk3s1b: swap > disk3s1d: FFS > disk3s1e: FFS > disk3s1f: FFS Do you have a dual boot installation with FreeBSD on a second drive? Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --wzJLGUyc3ArbnUjN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkpzPrIACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUd6ACfQagmPSCmXfLWFkgI3nMpV5wK DRUAn1gcliGIDQ7I2rXNnzkG4KzhPBK3 =JzMr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wzJLGUyc3ArbnUjN--