From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 16 11:14:10 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45DB016A408 for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:14:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drewjenkinsjr@yahoo.com) Received: from web62201.mail.re1.yahoo.com (web62201.mail.re1.yahoo.com [69.147.74.254]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 09A3513C469 for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:14:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drewjenkinsjr@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 16333 invoked by uid 60001); 16 Mar 2007 11:14:09 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=BiDOuf3r6tpVa6otrOmRqokJUcH61OXcomoGsXWALETZ3vWeu9sIuz0p2+2ptbTtEdZ1XyCYLvg4jxr1/aAW2e8enWHbdHQEAqQMb3qCvCT8uVK77Udy3zK7Ow8eJDyfl0uVorRka++qzqLligZoLqVPNq6Rvx/UgVxC9jbGKiA=; X-YMail-OSG: dsdpknMVM1mTbxrprd7mFvLBAmk38ropkU5Gs6zSnTMqRkuh8gB9cD9FwO1DggclfQ-- Received: from [66.82.9.65] by web62201.mail.re1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:14:09 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/471 YahooMailWebService/0.6.132.8 Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:14:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Drew Jenkins To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <137601.15953.qm@web62201.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Corrupted OS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:14:10 -0000 Well, that's what I thought, I just wanted to be sure. I've done that once = before. As I recall, there was a very long string of questions I had to ans= wer at one point. I pretty much just told the system not to change things, = go with defaults, etc. That's the safest bet, right? This is similar to rei= nstalling Windoze on top of an existing installation, right?=0ATIA,=0ADrew= =0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Christian Walther =0ATo: Drew Jenkins =0ACc: freebsd-questions@= freebsd.org=0ASent: Friday, March 16, 2007 6:45:40 AM=0ASubject: Re: Corrup= ted OS=0A=0AOn 16/03/07, Drew Jenkins wrote:=0A> = 23Hi;=0A> Is it possible to rebuild an OS without reformatting the hard dri= ve? I have FBSD6.2, so I can't upgrade.=0A=0AWhat are you trying to do? You= could always go to /usr/src and do a=0Amake buildworld, which would rebuil= d the entire FreeBSD userland.=0APorts can be rebuilt, too, for example by = doing a portupgrade -afk=0A=0A> TIA,=0A> Drew=0A=0AChristian=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A= =0A=0A=0A =0A______________________________________________________________= ______________________=0ADon't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the foreca= st=0Awith the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut.=0Ahttp://tools.search.yahoo.c= om/shortcuts/#loc_weather