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Date:      Sat, 2 Sep 2000 16:59:57 -0700
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Sam Carleton <scarleton@miltonstreet.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: HELP!  How do I recover from a power outage?
Message-ID:  <20000902165956.A18862@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <39B190BA.9CEE8941@miltonstreet.com>; from scarleton@miltonstreet.com on Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 07:44:38PM -0400
References:  <39B190BA.9CEE8941@miltonstreet.com>

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* Sam Carleton <scarleton@miltonstreet.com> [000902 16:45] wrote:
> My FreeBSD machine lost power and now it will not boot up correctly.
> When it boots, I end up at a prompt:
> 
> mountroot>
> 
> I have figured out how to get to a commadn prompt from there.  I have
> type in:
> 
> ufs:/dev/ad2s1a
> 
> The machine asks me for the path to a shell, defaults to /bin/sh, I
> presee <Enter>.  Then what do I do??????  I have tried things like:
> 
> # fsck /dev/ad2s1a
> Cannot open /dev/ad2s1a: Device not configured.
> 
> # fsck -A
> fsck: illegal option A
> 
> But nothing seems to work.  Please help!!!!!!

Check your /etc/fstab, it's probably corrupted somehow.

-Alfred


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