Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 12:34:25 -0600 From: "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx> To: "Cole Mark A SSgt JTF-SWA/J6" <mark.cole@eskan.af.mil>, "'bsd'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: backup restore dilemma Message-ID: <03e801bf4d74$5728cce0$d2630a0a@megared.net.mx> References: <8091C29FE7ABD31180AA0090275CD29729512E@ksugzx02.eskan.af.mil>
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Hi,
You can boot with the install floppies, and use the fixit.flp floppy to
have a shell and restore your system.
Merry Xmas
Ales
----- Original Message -----
From: Cole Mark A SSgt JTF-SWA/J6 <mark.cole@eskan.af.mil>
To: 'bsd' <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 3:21 AM
Subject: backup restore dilemma
> I inherited 2 PC's running freebsd that act as our webservers. I am not
> real familiar with unix and its relatives so here are my questions:
>
> 1) How can you tell if SCSI support is already added into the kernel
>
> 2) Is it possible to connect a IDE Tape unit to an existing machine and
use
> it with our reconfiguring the kernel.
>
> 3) If I have a complete backup of a system, can restore the system from a
> boot floppy, or would I have to reinstall freebsd first? (in case of a
total
> failure.)
>
>
> Thanks for any and all help!!!!
>
>
> -mark
>
>
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