Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 14:09:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko@4evermail.com> Cc: Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com>, "'FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Help! - I'm Locked Out Message-ID: <20010929140835.T27004-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <007901c1490e$d0837350$6401a8c0@equinox>
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On Sat, 29 Sep 2001, Jonathan M. Slivko wrote: > Windows would erase the boot loader for FreeBSD, etc. giving you a totally > clean system to install from, after you reformat the drive. -- Jonathan. If > that doesn't help, try changing the NIC cards. -- Jonathan You don't have to completely install Windows for this. Just get a DOS boot disk with fdisk on it, and run fdisk /mbr. That will take care or any boot loaders. Joe > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drewt@writeme.com> > To: "'Jonathan M. Slivko'" <jslivko@4evermail.com>; "'Drew Tomlinson'" > <drewt@writeme.com>; "'FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)'" > <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 11:34 PM > Subject: RE: Help! - I'm Locked Out > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jonathan M. > > > Slivko > > > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 7:30 PM > > > To: Drew Tomlinson; FreeBSD Questions (E-mail) > > > Subject: Re: Help! - I'm Locked Out > > > > > > > > > Try installing a copy of Windows on the machine, and then > > > installing FreeBSD > > > over that. While it might take awhile, it should work. -- Jonathan > > > > Thanks for your response. I am not disputing if this would work but why > > would it help? Aren't FBSD and Windows completely separate? I'm just > > trying to understand *why* this might work and *why* booting with the > > floppies isn't recognizing my LAN card. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Drew > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drewt@writeme.com> > > > To: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> > > > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 10:15 PM > > > Subject: Help! - I'm Locked Out > > > > > > > > > > I have been messing with my system and am now apparently > > > locked out. It > > > all > > > > started when I attempted to upgrade my 4.3 system to 4.4 > > > via sysinstall. > > > It > > > > failed in the middle and from there things have just gotten worse. > > > > > > > > As it stands now, I can't log in from the console (no login > > > prompt) and I > > > > can't get in remotely as it appears root can't log in > > > remotely. All my > > > > previous accounts seem to be missing. > > > > > > > > I don't have anything real important and am prepared to > > > erase everything > > > and > > > > start over with a fresh install. I've made the boot floppies for > > > > 4.4-RELEASE and booted the machine but it doesn't seem to > > > recognize my > > > > network card for an FTP install. I only get choices for > > > the parallel and > > > > serial interfaces when configuring the network via > > > sysinstall. Prior to > > > > this incident, my card was ed0 on interrupt 9 and address > > > D0000-D0800. I > > > > can retrieve this from the startup: > > > > > > > > ed0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > > > inet 192.168.0.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > > > > inet6 fe80::240:5ff:fe66:b255%ed0 prefixlen 64 > > > tentative scopeid > > > 0x2 > > > > ether 00:40:05:66:b2:55 > > > > > > > > So I have no console access and I can't seem to boot from > > > the floppies and > > > > perform an FTP install. Burning a CD is out of the > > > question for a few > > > > weeks. Any ideas on how I can get this installed? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Drew > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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