Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 19:18:25 -0500 From: Hiten Pandya <hiten@angelica.unixdaemons.com> To: walt <wa1ter@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unsucessful with 5.0-CURRENT Installation on a 120G IDE HDD Message-ID: <20021102191825.A25943@angelica.unixdaemons.com> In-Reply-To: <3DC454E1.1000800@hotmail.com>; from wa1ter@hotmail.com on Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 02:42:41PM -0800 References: <aq1btr$189i$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw> <3DC454E1.1000800@hotmail.com>
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On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 02:42:41PM -0800, walt wrote the words in effect of: > > Okay. Well, I see that just today sysinstall/label.c was updated to correct > an error. I have no idea if that may be your problem, but errors do creep > in regularly into -CURRENT, so it's possible. > > My gut feeling is that your files are still there ready to be used but probably > not with the system you are using now. > > I would download a -STABLE installation floppy from the FBSD ftp site and see > if you can use that disklable editor to examine the disk. If the disklabel > looks correct then you can proceed to install a -STABLE system on that disk > using the *existing* label, and your data should be intact. > > If the disklabel still looks bad then you have a bigger problem. You really > need to save every label somewhere and restore it later if it gets trashed. > I just use a pencil and paper and write it all down and tape the paper to > the computer--very primitive but it's saved my backside more than once ;-) > > When fooling with -CURRENT you need to be ready for such disasters, and > often all it takes is a pencil and paper and five minutes of preparation. Yup. Anyway, no one to blame, because I was aware it -current was gonna punish me one day anyway, so. no regrets. I will try your method out anyway. Lets see how it goes. :) Thanks again. -- Hiten Pandya hiten@unixdaemons.com, hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org, hiten@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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