From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 31 12:49:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E09A16A4CF for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:49:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A290643D5A for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:49:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])i7VCmq25028141 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:48:52 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)i7VCmqC0028140; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:48:52 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:48:52 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: joshua yu Message-ID: <20040831124852.GA27887@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , joshua yu , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20040831084622.5358.qmail@web15708.mail.cnb.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040831084622.5358.qmail@web15708.mail.cnb.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.5.6 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:48:52 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040705, clamav-milter version 0.74a on smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is any documents about freebsd Fix-it CD (disc2)? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:49:06 -0000 --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 04:46:22PM +0800, joshua yu wrote: > i found that there is a FIX-it CD with freebsd. but no documents found a= bout it. is there any documents about it and tech me how to use it? > thanks for your help. The Fix-it CD (or floppy disk for that matter) is basically a self contained FreeBSD system-on-a-CD. When you boot it up, it leaves you in what is essentially a single user shell. Now, if you have plenty of unix knowledge this gives you everything you need in order to fix just about any problem (beyond hardware failure) that can prevent a system booting up to single user mode itself. Unfortunately, if you don't know your way around fsck(8), fdisk(8), bsdlabel(8), newfs(8), mount(8) and various other commands from section 8 of the manual, then you're not going to have a very pleasant experience with the Fix-it disk. Learn the nitty-gritty low-level parts of administering FreeBSD, and you'll get everything you need to use the Fix-it disk effectively. There's plenty of documentation on that sort of thing: from the handbook and the system manual pages to several published books and all manner of on-line resources. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBNHO0iD657aJF7eIRAvr3AJ9hUKmXTTBBjpJSRK8k+5l84nm10wCgtJGN ksqloE42DE90SlD1q0XUpNM= =FTYT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE--