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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--dFWYt1i2NyOo1oI9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. --=20 Peter Jeremy --dFWYt1i2NyOo1oI9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEoPOt/opHv/APuIcRAs/hAJ9PTT6l0JjUA6DtFkQzY2VnwYeKSgCfUkxG Sf1e6iKmcDDSFM0sfKt+CIQ= =8890 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dFWYt1i2NyOo1oI9--
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