Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 07:17:36 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Beattie <Brian_Beattie@Atlas.com> To: Grimm <grimm@shell.pgonline.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recovering from disaster... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980225071421.17110A-100000@coyote.prepaid.atlas.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980224193809.11429A-100000@shell.pgonline.com>
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On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Grimm wrote: > > Booting into single-user mode doesn't help much either. I can't mount > /usr, for instance. I'm scared to use fsck, because it trashed my drive > under similar circumstances before. I would suspect that fsck did not trash your drive, but that it was already trashed. My suggestion would be to fsck it, if you are considering reinstalling anyway you have nothing to lose. > > Do I need to reinstall, wiping the drive, or can I actually recover from > this gracefully? fsck is you best bet for gracefull recovery. Brian Beattie Atlas PrePaid Services Brian_Beattie@atlas.com 503.228.1400x4355 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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