From owner-freebsd-current Sat Nov 2 16:18:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 848D437B401 for ; Sat, 2 Nov 2002 16:18:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from angelica.unixdaemons.com (angelica.unixdaemons.com [209.148.64.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 541C143E97 for ; Sat, 2 Nov 2002 16:18:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hiten@angelica.unixdaemons.com) Received: from angelica.unixdaemons.com (hiten@localhost.unixdaemons.com [127.0.0.1]) by angelica.unixdaemons.com (8.12.5/8.12.1) with ESMTP id gA30IP5N026195; Sat, 2 Nov 2002 19:18:25 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: angelica.unixdaemons.com: Host hiten@localhost.unixdaemons.com [127.0.0.1] claimed to be angelica.unixdaemons.com Received: (from hiten@localhost) by angelica.unixdaemons.com (8.12.5/8.12.1/Submit) id gA30IPh2026194; Sat, 2 Nov 2002 19:18:25 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from hiten) Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 19:18:25 -0500 From: Hiten Pandya To: walt 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> References: <3DC454E1.1000800@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3DC454E1.1000800@hotmail.com>; from wa1ter@hotmail.com on Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 02:42:41PM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD i386 X-Public-Key: http://www.pittgoth.com/~hiten/pubkey.asc X-URL: http://www.unixdaemons.com/~hiten X-PGP: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=Hiten+Pandya&op=index Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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