Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 17:20:11 +0200 (CEST) From: Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de> To: Francois Duthilleul <francois.duthilleul@alcatel.be> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot Disk???? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909081712530.4920-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de> In-Reply-To: <37D64193.8C0265EA@alcatel.be>
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On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Francois Duthilleul wrote: > I copied a kernel from one PC to mine but now, my PC does not want > to reboot and I cannot login anymore as root in order to repair. Could > you be king enough to tell me how to proceed to be able repair that > problem? For the moment, I have put the FreeBSD4.0 boot disk but after > some time, the prompt is asking for a MSF disk: are you aware about > that? There are 3 1.44MB fd images of interest on the CD or on any FreeBSD mirror: kern.flp=09Kernel to boot with mfsroot.flp=09Memory root file system needed after booting with kern.flp fixit.flp=09Repair tool selectable by the sysinstall program After generating all three floppies you should be able to boot from floppy and to repair the damage on your hard disk by mounting all file systems and building you kernel with some care. More easy, try to boot with the generic kernel which should still be available on your hard disk. Interrupt the boot process countdown and enter the following boot command: wd0s1a> boot kernel.GENERIC The prompt `wd0s1a' may be different on your system, no problem with that. Regards // // Konrad Heuer ____ ___ _____= __=20 // Gesellschaft f=FCr wissenschaftliche / __/______ ___ / _ )/ __= / _ \ // Datenverarbeitung mbH G=D6ttingen / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/= // / // Am Fa=DFberg, D-37077 G=D6ttingen /_/ /_/ \__/\__/____/___= /____/=20 // Deutschland (Germany) ----- The Power to Serve ----= - // http://www.freebsd.org // kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de // To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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