From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 27 11:13:52 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from unix.megared.net.mx (megamail.megared.com.mx [207.249.162.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63FC0152F2 for ; Mon, 27 Dec 1999 11:13:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Received: from ales (ales.megared.net.mx [207.249.163.251]) by unix.megared.net.mx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA96374; Mon, 27 Dec 1999 13:12:08 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Message-ID: <039301bf509e$64b06580$d2630a0a@megared.net.mx> From: "Alejandro Ramirez" To: "Cole Mark A SSgt JTF-SWA/J6" , "'bsd'" , "Jon Rust" References: <8091C29FE7ABD31180AA0090275CD29729512E@ksugzx02.eskan.af.mil><03e801bf4d74$5728cce0$d2630a0a@megared.net.mx> Subject: RE: backup restore dilemma Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 13:13:01 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To: Alejandro Ramirez ; Cole Mark A SSgt JTF-SWA/J6 ; 'bsd' 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message