Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 12:26:24 -0400 (EDT) From: djv@bedford.net To: David.Larkin@DJL.co.uk Cc: djv@bedford.net, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD still on disk ? How to boot :- Booting Default: F? Message-ID: <199808101626.MAA11235@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <199808101600.7479100@bedford.net> from David Larkin at "Aug 10, 98 05:01:37 pm"
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David Larkin wrote
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> ----------
> > From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net>
> > To: David.Larkin@DJL.co.uk
> > Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> > Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD still on disk ? How to boot :- Booting Default:
> F?
> > Date: Monday, August 10, 1998 3:34 PM
> >
> > David Larkin wrote:
> > >
> > ..snipped tale of hosed disk...
> >
> > Agree, the second disk looks promising.
>
> glad to have some encouragement that it may be recoverable.
>
> >
> > > I wrote a boot manager to the first disk (wd0), and now when I
> > > boot I get the following
> > >
> > > F5 .... disk 2
> > > Default: F5
> > > F5 .... disk 2
> > > Default: F?
> > >
> >
> > what happens when you press F5?
>
> After pressing <F5>
> F5 .... disk 2
> Default: F?
>
Hmm. Not bootable, or booteasy isn't cooperating.
Try booting a floppy, then you can try to access the disk
by mounting partitions and fsck'ing etc.
Dave
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