Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 17:46:30 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: gahn <ipfreak@yahoo.com>, freebsd general questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, free bsd <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD crashed Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20080525174530.0253baf0@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <77341.5393.qm@web52109.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <77341.5393.qm@web52109.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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At 03:52 AM 5/25/2008, gahn wrote:
>Hello all:
>
>My FreeBSD crashed. It boots fine but can't mount root directory. Here is
>the message:
>
>/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>...
>....
>Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s2a
>
>Manual root filesystem specification:
> <fstype>:<device> Mount <device> using filesystem <fstype>
> eg. ufs:da0s1a
> ? List valid disk boot devices
> <empty line> Abort manual input
>
>mountroot>
>
>///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>
>
>Could any gurus here help me out this? I just want to save the files in
>the home directory so that I can rebuild the system.
>
>Regards
>
>Dave
Boot a cd, then copy your files to another system, or to removable media.
-Derek
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