From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 5 11:46:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ADDF1065670 for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 11:46:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E63478FC0A for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 11:46:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1M1I8G-0001Eg-2I; Tue, 05 May 2009 11:44:16 +0100 Received: from melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id n45AiFrv031549; Tue, 5 May 2009 11:44:15 +0100 Received: by melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1BE81FCA699; Tue, 5 May 2009 11:44:10 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 11:44:10 +0100 From: Frank Shute To: Chris Chambers Message-ID: <20090505104410.GB62529@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <21461620.25281241400402258.JavaMail.myubc2@handel.my.ubc.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <21461620.25281241400402258.JavaMail.myubc2@handel.my.ubc.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE-p2 i386 X-Organisation: 'http://www.shute.org.uk/' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.1.7 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Tue, 05 May 2009 11:44:15 +0100 (BST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Broken Partition X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 11:46:24 -0000 On Sun, May 03, 2009 at 06:26:42PM -0700, Chris Chambers wrote: > > Hi, > > Using partition magic, I freed some space from my msdos partition. > Then using sysinstall's fdisk and label, I attempted to add the > space to my freebsd partition. I broke the installation. The boot > loader can not find /boot/kernal. I tried mounting the partition > under FixIt, but mount says "broken argument". > > > Any ideas? The loader wont be able to find /boot/kernal but /boot/kernel it might stand a chance ;) No idea if this is your problem; it might just be a typo in your post. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html