Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 13:13:01 -0600 From: "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx> To: "Cole Mark A SSgt JTF-SWA/J6" <mark.cole@eskan.af.mil>, "'bsd'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Jon Rust" <jpr@vcnet.com> Subject: RE: backup restore dilemma Message-ID: <039301bf509e$64b06580$d2630a0a@megared.net.mx> References: <8091C29FE7ABD31180AA0090275CD29729512E@ksugzx02.eskan.af.mil><03e801bf4d74$5728cce0$d2630a0a@megared.net.mx> <v04210166b48d6333bce1@[209.239.239.22]>
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Hi,
Ok, if you want to label the disks, you can use the fdisk, and the label
utility in the sysinstall menu from the floppy disks when you boot, before
using the fixit floppy, you can use the "w" key to write the changes to the
disk without reinstalling, its not documented, but it works, after that, you
can use the fixit floppy to restore your backup.
Have Fun...
Ales
----- Original Message -----
From: Jon Rust <jpr@vcnet.com>
To: Alejandro Ramirez <ales@megared.net.mx>; Cole Mark A SSgt JTF-SWA/J6
<mark.cole@eskan.af.mil>; 'bsd' <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 12:53 PM
Subject: RE: backup restore dilemma
> I went through this recently. The fixit floppy wouldn't let me label
> the new drive. Of course, I'm not super proficient with disklabel,
> fdisk and friends, so I'm sure it was a PEBKAC issue. :-) I tried
> running sysinstall from within the fixit flop. Bad idea. It panicked
> when I tried to commit the fdisk and label commands. In the end, I
> did an "Express" minimal install from the install disks, booted into
> single user and did the restore at that point.
>
> I'd love to see some step-by-steps for doing this with the fixit floppy.
>
> Thanks,
> jon
>
> At 12:34 PM -0600 12/23/99, Alejandro Ramirez wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> > You can boot with the install floppies, and use the fixit.flp floppy
to
> >have a shell and restore your system.
> >
> >Merry Xmas
> >Ales
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