Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 17:30:27 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Identry <jalmberg@identry.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Boot failure Message-ID: <20090807153027.GA39621@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <4d4e09680908070708i286b98a7j6f03725a848ae83c@mail.gmail.com> References: <4d4e09680908061012q6ea8aeacm875c556eaea7a54f@mail.gmail.com> <4A7B1B41.7090507@unsane.co.uk> <4d4e09680908061733v21602321x252a7111a7648ad6@mail.gmail.com> <4A7C074C.9060303@unsane.co.uk> <4d4e09680908070708x635dcd80ha96a61e9c71b0b6b@mail.gmail.com> <4d4e09680908070708i286b98a7j6f03725a848ae83c@mail.gmail.com>
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--FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 10:08:44AM -0400, Identry wrote: > > if not have you tried it? >=20 > No. I need to figure out how to do that, and I didn't have enough > brain power last night after doing all those backups. >=20 > After sleeping on it, I am wondering if I can kill two birds with one > stone... by using 7.2 install CDs to upgrade the machine? I believe > there is an 'upgrade' option on the install menu (I'm burning some 7.2 > CDs right now to double check.) Realize that if you upgrade to 7.x, you'll have to remove and reinstall all ports because the version number of shared system libraries will have changed. > Or would it be safer to try to bring up the machine on it's own with a > 6.2 generic kernel, first? Seeing as how you can mount the partitions on the drive perfectly by hand, maybe it was just a glitch. Have you tried rebooting again? If it still doesn't work, try getting into the boot menu and see if the drive looks OK from there. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkp8SJMACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVwXACeIl6ediRrbqtSAHx5AvW9QMtg a58AoIKKDL67+rlP53a+zbGgPHFxAgPg =p/sr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5--
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