From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 27 09:00:41 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F9FF16A4D0 for ; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:00:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail28.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail28.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.133.169]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6300F43D78 for ; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:00:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-19-236.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.19.236]) by mail28.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k5R90Xqo023141 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:00:34 +1000 Received: from turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5R90WES001289; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:00:33 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k5R90VN2001288; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:00:32 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:00:31 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Bob Richards Message-ID: <20060627090031.GE714@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <449D8616.5040306@tamara-b.org> <17565.37706.966913.737964@bhuda.mired.org> <20060625064303.GR19592@silverwraith.com> <44A06AD3.4070208@tamara-b.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="dFWYt1i2NyOo1oI9" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44A06AD3.4070208@tamara-b.org> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A New FreeBSD Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:00:41 -0000 --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--