Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 18:31:42 -0300 (BRT) From: jonny@eng05.embratel.net.br To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/25929: fixit.flp deficiency Message-ID: <20010319213142.7A9B724D44@eng05.embratel.net.br>
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>Number: 25929
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: Can't use MAKEDEV in fixit mount
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Mar 19 13:40:01 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis
>Release: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE i386
>Organization:
Embratel S.A.
>Environment:
Fixit floppy mount, trying to restore a broken system from backup
>Description:
>How-To-Repeat:
Boot freebsd from install floppies.
Fdisk it to use dangerously dedicated mode
Mount fixit.
Mount cdrom with backup images
Run disklabel - Device is not configured
/dev does not contain all devices needed, so, no disklabel, no restore
>Fix:
I could create devices on the fly with MAKEDEV, IIF
- There is a symlink from /dev/MAKEDEV (mfsroot.flp) to
/mnt2/dev/MAKEDEV (fixit.flp, maybe cdrom)
(Reason: MAKEDEV is recursive and must be run from /dev)
- There is a symlink from /etc/group (mfsroot.flp) to
/mnt2/etc/group (fixit.flp, maybe cdrom)
(Reason: MAKEDEV uses group names, not group numbers)
>Release-Note:
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