From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 5 05:47:43 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA10435 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 05:47:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA10429 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 05:47:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA28292; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 07:46:38 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199711051346.HAA28292@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: How can I recover crashed system? To: francisco@natserv.com Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 07:46:38 -0600 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199711050849.DAA21536@federation.addy.com> from Francisco Reyes at "Nov 5, 97 03:52:48 am" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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.