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Subject: Re: Boot error
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On 2005-12-24 11:31, rajoor <fbsd@aanet.com.au> wrote:
> Gayn & Giorgos,
>
> I figured it out late last night. I used the install cd to
> enter "fixit" mode. Mounting the hard drive failed with
> "operation not permitted" message. "fsck" failed to complaining
> about no fstab. After googling I finally found the "fsck_ffs -y
> /dev/ad0s1a" command which worked for me.  After that I could
> mount the hard disk. I made no changes and rebooted the system
> and everything was back to normal.
>
> Thanks for your input.

Fantastic!  You're welcome, of course.

Thank you too, for following up with all the details of getting
the system back.  Anyone with similar problems who happens to see
this thread will be grateful :)