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Sean Kelly wrote:
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> On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 12:49:46PM +0100, phk@freebsd.org wrote:

>>There is an erratum on "disklabel -B" for 5.0-RELEASE.

> So how the hell do I make it so I can boot my system again? I don't know
> what I/it did to make it no longer boot, but I can't.

For the short term until the problem is fixed you should be able
to edit the disklabel and bootblocks using a floppy fixit disk
or the bootable install CD.  The problem, IIRC, is that you can't
edit a disklabel on a disk with mounted partitions, or somesuch.



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