From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 31 19:42:44 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 78257106566B for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:42:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af.gourmet@videotron.ca) Received: from relais.videotron.ca (relais.videotron.ca [24.201.245.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D5088FC17 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:42:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from af.gourmet@videotron.ca) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Received: from [192.168.0.51] ([96.21.103.185]) by VL-MO-MR002.ip.videotron.ca (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-4.01 (built Aug 3 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0KNN006SGW37YB50@VL-MO-MR002.ip.videotron.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:42:43 -0400 (EDT) Message-id: <4A734933.5040602@videotron.ca> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:42:43 -0400 From: PJ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) To: Roland Smith References: <4A71DB2A.4040401@videotron.ca> <20090730190458.GA36265@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <4A71F297.1080903@videotron.ca> <20090730220618.GA40281@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <4A7339A7.4010303@videotron.ca> <20090731185754.GB90516@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-reply-to: <20090731185754.GB90516@slackbox.xs4all.nl> 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 19:42:44 -0000 Roland Smith wrote: > 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) ... >> > > 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 > Basically, the news is not good. The directories & files are not what I had to begin with. ls /dev/ad0s1 or any disk/slice merely gets: Permission denied. Not a dual boot installation - pure FreeBSD. I was using this as a server with apache/mysql/samba/cups + a number of programs like Netbeans, Openoffice, Gimp, Inkscape. etc. etc. But I suppose I could move the disks to another machine, or maybe better, add a Windows disk to this box... -- Hervé Kempf: "Pour sauver la planète, sortez du capitalisme." ------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Jourdan --- pj@ptahhotep.com http://www.ptahhotep.com http://www.chiccantine.com/andypantry.php