From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 25 08:47:09 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C50F816A4BF for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2003 08:47:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web12811.mail.yahoo.com (web12811.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.174.128]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 539F943FAF for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2003 08:47:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sky_tracker@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20030825154709.76312.qmail@web12811.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [209.188.66.29] by web12811.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 25 Aug 2003 08:47:09 PDT Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 08:47:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Dave Banning To: Lowell Gilbert In-Reply-To: <44vfss19i8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hard drive mount points damaged - reinstall to fix? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 15:47:09 -0000 > > > > Is there a way to overwrite the /dev entries and mount points on the > damaged > > drive, reinstall system files, but still preserve my user data? > > I guess you could boot a fixit disk, mount your hard drive on it, and > then rebuild... Except I couldn't mount. There was too many errors on the drive. What I -was- able to do was first fix the slices, first with "fsck -b 32" and then with simply "fsck". I was not able to reinstall again. Perhaps there is some permanent damage to the drive. I -was- able to copy all important data to a new drive. "Whew!". __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com