From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 31 20:06:08 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 3A8B3106566B for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:06:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C134F8FC08 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:06:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n6VK66IM011495; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:06:06 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 04EBFBA9D; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:06:06 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:06:05 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: PJ Message-ID: <20090731200605.GB92292@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> <20090731185754.GB90516@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <4A734933.5040602@videotron.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="MfFXiAuoTsnnDAfZ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A734933.5040602@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 20:06:08 -0000 --MfFXiAuoTsnnDAfZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 03:42:43PM -0400, PJ wrote: > 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. Now that is certainly weird. :-) I've never come across something like that. What do 'mount' and 'ls -ld /dev' return? Maybe /dev is mounted with incorrect permissions. You are logged in as root, I presume? What strikes me as strange is that your data from the boot prompt suggest that your FreeBSD install is on ad3 instead of on ad0. You haven't messed with the cabling from the disks, or changed BIOS settings regarding the boot sequence, have you? 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) --MfFXiAuoTsnnDAfZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkpzTq0ACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVuDQCeKgbryVpDB4anRSYUYeiULMor axAAn2WL/fsg51Tmb1WLsrSPYu1gTZ0x =1sdX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --MfFXiAuoTsnnDAfZ--