From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 15 04:48:17 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A61FF1065674 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:48:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21B748FC18 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:48:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (bell.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.40]) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D7955C28 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:01:41 +1000 (EST) Received: from laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au (laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 63A735C22 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:01:41 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4F3B37F4.7080800@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:43:32 +1000 From: Da Rock User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111109 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20120215000838.GA26583@thought.org> <4F3B0D00.4050605@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <4F3B11FB.80900@thought.org> <4F3B1DB9.6020902@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120215040302.GA4204@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20120215040302.GA4204@thought.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: fixit disc for 7.3 #1? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:48:17 -0000 On 02/15/12 14:03, Gary Kline wrote: > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:51:37PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: >> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:51:37 +1000 >> From: Da Rock >> Subject: Re: fixit disc for 7.3 #1? >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> >> On 02/15/12 12:01, Gary Kline wrote: >>> On 02/14/2012 05:40 PM, Da Rock wrote: >>>> On 02/15/12 10:08, Gary Kline wrote: >>>>> guys, >>>>> > [[old stuff that nobody will reread!]] > >>> i have a working copy on 7.3 #4 on my Server. the server in a >>> 2009 dell; the one that is busted and that i want to upgrade >>> ---to either debian-6-iso or freebsd9-iso is my old 2003 dell. >>> two different computers. the thing with the old dell is that >>> nothing can boot off it. it keep cycling, trying to boot a 7.3 >>> #1. >>> >>> i just remembered that the floppy disk was a DOS file with a >>> secret command :A:\MBR that got rid of that boot track. >>> >>> it's looking more and more hopeless. >>> >>> .... >>> >>> wasn't/isn't there some kind of "fixit" CD? >> You can't take the disks out to copy data off them? Or use 7.0 live >> to copy across to the working dell? > > what is on my '09 dell is current. i copy my web, mail, and DNS > files at least nightly to here [ my ubuntu desktop]. i also have > several copies of the tarball here and on one other computer. so > there is nothing on the 2003 dell that i need. > > a friend helped me bring in it from the garage on sunday and cable > it up. i was doing to e either go with debian or fbsd-9 as a new > Server in a few months. > > i am tir ed of trying to keep FBSD current. it is just a server: > DNS, mail, and web. years ago the thinking was that if a release > worked, then great: there was no need to keep upgrading just for > the sake of upgrading. > > my ubuntu desktop is configured to keep itself updated. this frees > me from wondering if an updated gtk will be missing a dependency; so > i can concentrate on my hacking. this is the main reason i'm > considering quitting freebsd for my server and going with something > _almost_ as good. > > >> If you cant do that, then use the live disk to run fdisk and restore >> the mbr. "man fdisk" > > ye gods! cab you give me a url to this 'live' file? my > d/load on freebsd-9-iso is about 3 minutes from finishing > up. i would like to see how much work this live cd is going > to entain. and how much different it will be to get my > server files onto a linux-based platform. ---i've been > using freebsd since release 2.0.5. long time It will be in the release archives - probably a live version of the legacy release atm, so check there first. Otherwise just hunt through the ftp directories, it shouldn't be hard to find. I had a 7.0 livefs version at one point. > > >> If you have already tried installing 9 though, you may have some >> "unexpected behaviour" - kinda like what you're seeing now I'll bet. > > not yet. the ISO file is safely tucked away. it would fail. > i've got to use the live distribution first. > >