Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 19:08:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Bsd Neophyte <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com> To: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: need help repairing this system... mount issues Message-ID: <20030519020849.35627.qmail@web20108.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200305190117.aa67893@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--- Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> wrote: > Try the following MFS trick: > > mount_mfs -T fd1440 none /mnt > cd /mnt > sh /dev/MAKEDEV ad4s1a > mount -u /mnt/ad4s1a / > cd /dev > sh MAKEDEV ad4s1a > > The usual way of getting out of this situation is to use a fixit > CD/floppy to create the device nodes, but the above should work > without the need for that. > > Ian keep the fingers crossed... i don't know if it would be much help, but i figured i might try rebooting after i ran fsck again. i was able to build the device nodes and mount the partition... and wait wait... what's happening... IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is so very sweet. this system was offline for the longest time because i couldn't figure this out. with your help, you guys got me getting this up and running within a few hours. :) now if ya'll ain't amazing, i dunno what is. :) very nice. now i'll recover what i need to recover, and then i figure a reinstall is a good idea to get some practice in. ;) this was a bit of good news in a aweful day. much gratitude to all of you for your assitance on this one. :) -sameer __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20030519020849.35627.qmail>