Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 14:56:08 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: repair a FreeBSD install Message-ID: <20070603205608.GA67502@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <4663225B.6070905@otenet.gr> References: <20070603191700.GC66889@demeter.hydra> <466317C4.7060404@daleco.biz> <20070603194516.GF66889@demeter.hydra> <4663225B.6070905@otenet.gr>
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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."
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