Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 06:06:17 -0500 From: ajtiM <lumiwa@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: a big mistake-deleted etc Message-ID: <83AFB9BA-0AA8-4E4A-B2EF-08A3F2061D81@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140301041416.015b5929.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <50AC4930-2F20-4CDD-918F-765BBD3A82C5@gmail.com> <20140301041416.015b5929.freebsd@edvax.de>
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The problem is because I cannot boot in single mode. I use mountroot>ufs:/dev/my disk and it mounted read only If I boot Live CD and run: mount -t ufs -o rw /dev/my disk it cannot find it. If I use mountroot>ufs:/dev/my disk o rw than I got error 22. Thank you. On Feb 28, 2014, at 10:14 PM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Fri, 28 Feb 2014 12:56:31 -0500, ajtiM wrote: >> Hi! >> >> I have a big problem. >> I did accidental deleted /etc… and I cannot start a system. >> Is it a way that I get /etc back without lost everything, please? > > Usually not. Files deleted from UFS are typically gone. > You can try to use a tool like photorec (install the > "testdisk" port) to try to get the _data_ back, but > the file names will be lost. > > Another option is to boot from a USB or CD live system > and to to /usr/src/etc and run "make install". This > should install the required files into /etc, but you'll > have to manually adjust some of them, most importantly > the /etc/fstab file, but also probably the passwd user > databases (both text and binary). > > If you're like me, you could have a CVS repository with > your changes to /etc where you can checkout the lasted > versions of modified files. :-) > > > > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... Mitja ---- http://www.redbubble.com/people/lumiwa
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