From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 3 20:56:11 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 884BD16A41F for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 20:56:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from host222.ipowerweb.com (host222.ipowerweb.com [66.235.210.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6825D13C46E for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 20:56:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 82963 invoked from network); 3 Jun 2007 20:53:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO demeter.hydra) (24.9.123.251) by host222.ipowerweb.com with SMTP; 3 Jun 2007 20:53:02 -0000 Received: from demeter.hydra (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l53Ku9bq067607 for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 14:56:09 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (from ren@localhost) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l53Ku8ou067606 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 14:56:08 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) X-Authentication-Warning: demeter.hydra: ren set sender to perrin@apotheon.com using -f Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 14:56:08 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20070603205608.GA67502@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <20070603191700.GC66889@demeter.hydra> <466317C4.7060404@daleco.biz> <20070603194516.GF66889@demeter.hydra> <4663225B.6070905@otenet.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4663225B.6070905@otenet.gr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Subject: Re: repair a FreeBSD install 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: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:56:11 -0000 On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 11:19:39PM +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > You can use the grub bootloader to load freebsd (assuming that nothing > is damaged in the freebsd slice itself, and I believe it is intact in > your case) > It's been some time since I've done this myself (I am no longer dual > booting FreeBSD on this machine), but I'll try to be as accurate as > possible. > Start your system, when it gets to the grub loader press "c" to get to > the grub command line. > Do you know what your freebsd slice is? Even if you don't, you can get > this info from fdisk -l from debian. Or you could try searching in the > command line. > Type something like: > > root (hd0,2,a) GRUB doesn't recognize the partition type for some reason. There's pretty clearly something wrong with the partition, I think. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] McCloctnick the Lucid: "The first rule of magic is simple. Don't waste your time waving your hands and hopping when a rock or a club will do."