On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 02:42:41PM -0800, walt wrote the words in effect of: > > Okay. Well, I see that just today sysinstall/label.c was updated to correct > an error. I have no idea if that may be your problem, but errors do creep > in regularly into -CURRENT, so it's possible. > > My gut feeling is that your files are still there ready to be used but probably > not with the system you are using now. > > I would download a -STABLE installation floppy from the FBSD ftp site and see > if you can use that disklable editor to examine the disk. If the disklabel > looks correct then you can proceed to install a -STABLE system on that disk > using the *existing* label, and your data should be intact. > > If the disklabel still looks bad then you have a bigger problem. You really > need to save every label somewhere and restore it later if it gets trashed. > I just use a pencil and paper and write it all down and tape the paper to > the computer--very primitive but it's saved my backside more than once ;-) > > When fooling with -CURRENT you need to be ready for such disasters, and > often all it takes is a pencil and paper and five minutes of preparation.
Yup. Anyway, no one to blame, because I was aware it -current was gonna punish me one day anyway, so. no regrets. I will try your method out anyway. Lets see how it goes. :) Thanks again. -- Hiten Pandya [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
