From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 18 13:26:36 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 185481065671 for ; Sun, 18 May 2008 13:26:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from josh@tcbug.org) Received: from cenn-smtp.mc.mpls.visi.com (cenn.mc.mpls.visi.com [208.42.156.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1C8B8FC22 for ; Sun, 18 May 2008 13:26:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from josh@tcbug.org) Received: from mail.tcbug.org (mail.tcbug.org [208.42.70.163]) by cenn-smtp.mc.mpls.visi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D20FA8129; Sun, 18 May 2008 07:58:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [192.168.18.245] (unknown [24.114.252.235]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.tcbug.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 918EF558A63; Sun, 18 May 2008 07:58:14 -0500 (CDT) From: Josh Paetzel To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 08:58:07 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <482FFE4C.3080702@bah.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <482FFE4C.3080702@bah.homeip.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1426491.9b7sl9YPgf"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200805180858.12304.josh@tcbug.org> Cc: B H Subject: Re: /boot is on the loose 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: Sun, 18 May 2008 13:26:36 -0000 --nextPart1426491.9b7sl9YPgf Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday 18 May 2008 06:00:44 am B H wrote: > Hello list! > > After a reboot my /boot directory is missing. > Is it possible to somehow regenerate /boot and the files that live > there? I do not want to reinstall. > > Thanks for any help. You will need install media. The things the install media will not have is your /boot/loader.conf and an= y=20 custom kernels you compiled. In fact the /boot/loader.conf on the cd has goo in it that will need to be= =20 removed for normal booting. =2D-=20 Thanks, Josh Paetzel PGP: 8A48 EF36 5E9F 4EDA 5A8C 11B4 26F9 01F1 27AF AECB --nextPart1426491.9b7sl9YPgf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkgwJ+QACgkQJvkB8Sevrsuk9gCgip4Ja/e896fOj23VBDa+lj/L 6jUAnjeR3wynpliKzCr76B/RfngRQYhi =TXsR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1426491.9b7sl9YPgf--