Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 13:16:07 -0500 (EST) From: Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FFS vs ext2fs (Was: Re: Not enough information) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001061314230.27160-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001061452580.66464-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Backup. Backup. Backup. Backup. Backup. Backup. Test restoring. ps. Did I mention making backups? :-) On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > >On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Alexey N. Dokuchaev wrote: > >>> Recently FreeBSD's not so great filesystem got corrupted. Guess what got damaged? Package information, so now I can't get any information on installed packages.UPgrading ports, I mean installed ports? Probably the only point its got going >> >>Bullsh*t! FFS totally outperforms ext2fs, and I've never heard any >>opposite statements. > >Actually, once i made a mistake and ruined /var, including the package db, >and it screwed my system. I had no idea how to fix the packages. But >this was my fault. However, a way of recovering without reinstalling >would have been nice. > >-=> jm <=- > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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