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Date:      Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:00:31 +1000
From:      Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>
To:        Bob Richards <bob@tamara-b.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: A New FreeBSD Server
Message-ID:  <20060627090031.GE714@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <44A06AD3.4070208@tamara-b.org>
References:  <449D8616.5040306@tamara-b.org> <17565.37706.966913.737964@bhuda.mired.org> <20060625064303.GR19592@silverwraith.com> <44A06AD3.4070208@tamara-b.org>

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This belongs on -questions, not -hackers at this point.
Please wrap your lines before 80 columns.

On Mon, 2006-Jun-26 19:16:35 -0400, Bob Richards wrote: On Boot, the
>boot-loader complained bitterly "Can't find a Kernel to boot", and
>dropped me to an "OK" prompt. Damn says I! Murpheys law in effect!

This deliberate:  sysinstall doesn't install the kernel until everything
else is complete so you can be sure that the install completed OK.
=20
> The FDISK never wiped out all the old data.....

fdisk/disklabel doesn't touch data on the disk.  It just writes
information about where the slices/partitions are.  This means that if
you accidently put the wrong slice/partition map on your disk, you

> Someone NEVER thought-out this particular scenario!

sysinstall realises that you have valid UFS filesystems and won't
over-write them unless you explicitly tell it to.

>  What do I do?

Redo from scratch.  In the 'FreeBSD Disklabel Editor' window, scroll
down to your partitions and either 'D'elete them all and re-create
using 'A'uto or toggle the 'N'ewfs flag and set the 'M'ount point.

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Peter Jeremy

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