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Date:      Thu, 2 Dec 1999 20:24:19 -0500
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
To:        mjacob@feral.com
Cc:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HEADS-UP: bdevs have been assimilated.
Message-ID:  <19991202202419.01433@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9912021717520.6279-100000@semuta.feral.com>; from Matthew Jacob on Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 05:21:55PM -0800
References:  <19991125133001.64729@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9912021717520.6279-100000@semuta.feral.com>

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On Thursday,  2 December 1999 at 17:21:55 -0800, Matthew Jacob wrote:
>
> Well, I am truly f*cked now. I read enough of this thread, saw nothing new
> in UPDATING, and did the following:
>
> alpha
>
> 	kernel from today
> 	MAKEDEV from today
> 	(but not a make world install- the binaries/libs are ~week old)
>
> cannot get out of single user mode. fsck core dumps. Any failed command
> causes the single user shell to exit.
>
> What can I do to get out of this disaster other than attempt a reinstall?

Can't you boot from the old kernel?  Or have you already wiped the
bdevs?  If so, how about the fixit floppy/CD-ROM?

Greg
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