Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:12:42 -0500 From: tonylabarbara@aol.com To: norgaard@locolomo.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My Rebuild Problem Message-ID: <8CA4118A04B3CF8-E90-5D9@webmail-dd20.sysops.aol.com> In-Reply-To: <47B9B118.3060402@locolomo.org> References: <8CA405E73C8956B-9DC-24CB@WEBMAIL-MA05.sysops.aol.com> <47B9B118.3060402@locolomo.org>
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-----Original Message-----
From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org>
To: tonylabarbara@aol.com
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Sent: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:23 pm
Subject: Re: My Rebuild Problem
tonylabarbara@aol.com wrote:
> Hi:
> I wrote earlier, got one response. It was way off course, so I´m rewriting. No, I can rebuild X11 if I can solve the following problem:
> > Strange problem here. /usr/local got wiped for no reason I can think of. Everything. Nothing there at all. I can´t > even change the pw. Nothing on this build anyway. But went to rebuild (6.2) and > got caught in a loop -- note, that´s a loop -- in these steps:
> -- Select Drive
> > -- FDISK Partition Editor ("Q")
> > -- Install Boot Manager
> > I would prefer to rebuild (note: rebuild) because I want to add X Windows (that´s ADD X) and I´d rather not > have to rebuild the kernel. How can I wipe the drive? If I cannot rebuild, can I > just add the ports? What about changing pw?
> 1) I'm not sure what you mean about "rebuild" - I wouldn't ever need fdisk or install boot manager for that - are you reinstalling? Are
> you using sysinstall for recovery?
I was just going to reinstall. There is nothing important on the hd.
> 2) Are you having an error that gets you into single user or similar? Maybe you can't change the password because your root partition is
> mounted read only.
No. I can log in. I just can't change pw.
> Post the output of this command:
> # mount
> For example, when my root partition is read-only, I get
> /dev/ad0s1a on / (ufs, local, read-only)
> and also post output from,
> # df
I can do this at home...not now. I can post the output next time I'm online, which could be tomorrow or as late as Saturday.
Thanks,
Tony
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