Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 07:46:38 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: francisco@natserv.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How can I recover crashed system? Message-ID: <199711051346.HAA28292@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <199711050849.DAA21536@federation.addy.com> from Francisco Reyes at "Nov 5, 97 03:52:48 am"
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In a previous message, Francisco Reyes said: > I was trying to do a backup to tape. From the bootup message I thought > the tape was /dev/st0. I tried creating a tar file to this file and it > filled my root partition instead. I quickly deleted the file, but ever > since the partition behaved strange. First it deleted my Os/2 boot > manager and was booting with a hostname = "amnesiac". I tried running > "fsck". After I re-installed the os/2 boot manager now FreeBSD says > there is no kernel to boot. Always reference a tape drive with the raw device, ie /dev/rst0. It doesn't make sense to talk to a tape in character mode. I don't know how filling your / partition and deleting a file could cause these problems. Something else must have happened. > What is the name of a SCSI tape drive? Does the controller matter? It > is connected to an adaptect 2940. It only matters for kernel configuration. -- "Outside of the killings, we have one of the lowest crime rates in the country." --Washington, DC's Mayor Marion Barry, making excuses for the hundreds of shootings, stabbings, and other murders in the nations capitol, 1988.
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