Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 09:51:16 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Cc: surfmwb@nhr.com (Mark Bernard) Subject: Re: unable to mount / Message-ID: <199604120751.JAA09481@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199604120020.UAA16535@geneva.visi.net> from "Mark Bernard" at Apr 11, 96 08:20:52 pm
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As Mark Bernard wrote: > business..instead the kernel runs properly until it reaches mounting the /. > It reports the / was unmounted improperly and locks up. > > What can be done without a reload, if anything? An what can I do to make > the reload easier of Release 2.1? I've never done a complete load before. Your root file system seems to be hosed. Get the a copy of the fixit floppy (floppies/fixit.flp from the CDROM, use rawrite.exe as usual), boot the installation floppy, select F)ixit, and enter the fixit floppy. Try to fsck your /dev/rsd0a, or /dev/rwd0a (whatever holds your root f/s). -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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