From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 3 13:39:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A41A316A424 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 13:39:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0831443D4C for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 13:39:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 2285 invoked from network); 3 Apr 2006 23:39:44 +1000 Received: from 210-84-32-140.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (210.84.32.140) by joanathan.com with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 3 Apr 2006 23:39:43 +1000 Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 23:39:38 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: Ryan Winograd Message-ID: <20060403233938.3af727c8@localhost> In-Reply-To: <442B3091.3080801@houston.rr.com> References: <442B3091.3080801@houston.rr.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0 (GTK+ 2.8.16; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting Issues - ACPI and HD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 13:39:45 -0000 On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:12:49 -0600 Ryan Winograd wrote: > Now, I have been successful booting Knoppix-STD (linux liveCD), but > did not have time (unfortunately) to try mounting the drive. I'll try > that when I get a chance. I say this because I'm not sure if the > drive is broken or the data is corrupted. Or there may be some other > cause. i doubt linux will be able to read / use / fix your bsd slices. burn a disc with Freesbie (live FreeBSD cd) and use that, or , even better, the fixit cd (is it a standalone CD or just an option in the sysinstall menu?) from your installed version of freebsd. B