Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 01:26:46 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Keith Woodman <keith@lightningweb.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fixit.flp Message-ID: <19990219012646.B417@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990218161914.10811A-100000@nefertiti.lightningweb.com>; from Keith Woodman on Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 04:21:41PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990218161914.10811A-100000@nefertiti.lightningweb.com>
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On Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 04:21:41PM -0800, Keith Woodman wrote:
> Needing some help on the fixit.flp. Just trying to be as prepared as I
> can and making rescue disks etc. I can't seem to get it to work, unless I
> am misunderstanding the purpose of the fixit. Here is what I assume...
> Fixit.flp should give you a boot with a few tools on it to repair a
> seriously damaged system.... Here is what I did. dd if=fixit.flp
> of=/dev/fd0 To create the thing. I mount that disk and it has some tools
> on it and a small tree of directories with different stuff tucked away
> inside. Looks perfect for arescue disk as far as tools go. Did the same
> thing with a boot.flp. So, I boot up with a boot.flp and select the "enter
> repair mode with cdrom/floppy"
> Then select. "use a floppy generated from the fixit image" Is this the
> point that I pop in the fixit.flp? The statement looks as if I am supposed
> to have generated some sort of kernel image with the fixit.flp. If I just
> toss my fixit.flp in there it dies out telling me to put a writable fixit
> disk into drive a: of the computer. And then locks up. I am obviously
> misunderstanding how to implement the fixit.flp. Any help is greatly
> appreciated. I have "The Complete FreeBSD" book and have also done exactly
> as stated in there. It doesn't seem like this should be such a problem,
> but for one reason or another, it has become one.
> Keith
>
FWIW, the FIXIT option on the CD doesn't work either (as I found
out when I got bitten by a bug that wiped out my password file).
I posted a message here about it, but got no response - apart from
someone asking what version of FreeBSD I'm running (2.2.8).
Also someone else posted about the floppy FIXIT a couple of days
ago, no response either.
Maybe FreeBSD never needs to be fixed? ;-).
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