From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 11 07:56:39 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2D8E94F7 for ; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 07:56:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sc3app27.rit.edu (sc3app27.rit.edu [129.21.35.56]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E55AD1515 for ; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 07:56:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qe0-f42.google.com (mail-qe0-f42.google.com [209.85.128.42]) by smtp-server.rit.edu (PMDF V6.3-x14 #31420) with ESMTPS id <0MXM002R3U2CDU@smtp-server.rit.edu> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 11 Dec 2013 02:56:37 -0500 (EST) Received: by mail-qe0-f42.google.com with SMTP id b4so5182189qen.1 for ; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 23:56:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.224.191.195 with HTTP; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 23:56:36 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.224.40.195 with SMTP id l3mr186090qae.44.1386748596368; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 23:56:36 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.224.40.195 with SMTP id l3mr186081qae.44.1386748596276; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 23:56:36 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 23:56:36 -0800 From: "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" Subject: Re: Base System Rebuild In-reply-to: <20131211152528.4978bd2b@X220.alogt.com> Sender: ewh2048@rit.edu To: Erich Dollansky Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-RIT-Received-From: 209.85.128.42 X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=N7259kSk+jx99PZQ+E0M1VqQGzoV428tWbFOlJdVyq4=; b=gbocfwTwt7GEFoczS8FaCNHdHAOhPlAvz4McIghbNBMa0fTlGCluCR4eR8Pr7aq6ju xjDZBDpWfVT6bKeLZOxV2wQHm7g/Yd4QsfWIZPdm7SGCZVTA/4f/xUzWyNIpCCwZ18Dd MZiSqvov5zQJQaFvII9W4r9SMXSjalAsc+iZFxaiDBd0GkrO/BXUeyP5Fls8qjgZnq6L fjfO6p0bxhebw6Im1/RK+PWu2MVqKCMDnNc3apmE0hAfxDrAY3OW7ZPrK/QlfwnXQn/C +9XqvHiY6yB1e5TWRqrK0iUnGQ+UO67A277bREuApbBkhJB4vBNctpG9FndeC2ogqzYx 7KiQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQl9IawpG7oauk14BlHfr/cEjWRfDcXA9iyCIjwDXxvqDJZFB+tzA3OB7xZ6ut2BDb+Jc55qCcMWIx29KP0LwFWQsLhQIhuL6AZXBMGP96gJLo0OJhYzbRK9X4uZQvLYQgOIFaFNW696ZoU5g2ghKOLH/dxFUeur9aBPJzdDaeALkDC+b4M= X-Google-Sender-Auth: lzrxSga2xgdBbDy4F6qRW4L6pLM References: <20131210172513.77fa8482@X220.alogt.com> <52A79136.7090103@ShaneWare.Biz> <76E49CC4-57CE-4A45-B051-025D465B311F@fisglobal.com> <20131211115641.5e15206e@X220.alogt.com> <20131211134031.77ef3e84@X220.alogt.com> <20131211140921.27cf6249@X220.alogt.com> <20131211144403.711eb6a9@X220.alogt.com> <20131211150001.75bb1a1a@X220.alogt.com> <20131211152528.4978bd2b@X220.alogt.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 07:56:39 -0000 I have access to both the Host and the VM. Due to my distance and horrifying internet connection interacting with libvirt and virtmanager is a nightmare. Lessons have been learned. Ethan House On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 11:25 PM, Erich Dollansky < erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 23:07:54 -0800 > "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" wrote: > > > The VMHost is on a journaled file system so that shouldn't happen. > > It's also on a UPS. > > > so, to what do you have access? To the host or to the virtual machine > inside? > > You should never get affected by any file system problems of the host > except that your imagine will crash. > > > It was setup on a single partition, so newfs is not possible. > > You learned now the hard way that it is better to have several > partitions. A system with partitions for /, swap, /tmp, /var, /usr and > home has a much higher chance to avoid the problem you got caught in. > Of course, setting it up takes a bit more time. > > Erich > > > > Ethan House > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 11:00 PM, Erich Dollansky < > > erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 22:46:52 -0800 > > > "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" wrote: > > > > > > > It was a VM. > > > > > > you mean that it is? > > > > > > > > Problem is the person who set up this machine had never used > > > > FreeBSD before and made a lot of really weird mistakes. I think > > > > the best course of action is to just create a new VM image and > > > > start from scratch. > > > > > > But damaging the file system should have nothing to do with it. > > > With an UPS, the file system only gets damages when the kernel > > > crashes with open writes. > > > > > > If possible, I would not install a new image but try to do a newfs > > > on as many partitions as possible. If the machine is setup with the > > > new approach of having only one partition, this is not possible. > > > > > > Erich > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >