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-----Original Message-----
From: Erik Norgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Sent: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:23 pm
Subject: Re: My Rebuild Problem
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi:
> I wrote earlier, got one response. It was way off course, so I´m rewriting.
> No, I can rebuild X11 if I can solve the following problem:
> > Strange problem here. /usr/local got wiped for no reason I can think of.
> > Everything. Nothing there at all. I can´t > even change the pw. Nothing on
> > this build anyway. But went to rebuild (6.2) and > got caught in a loop --
> > note, that´s a loop -- in these steps:
> -- Select Drive
> > -- FDISK Partition Editor ("Q")
> > -- Install Boot Manager
> > I would prefer to rebuild (note: rebuild) because I want to add X Windows
> > (that´s ADD X) and I´d rather not > have to rebuild the kernel. How can I
> > wipe the drive? If I cannot rebuild, can I > just add the ports? What about
> > changing pw?
> 1) I'm not sure what you mean about "rebuild" - I wouldn't ever need fdisk or
> install boot manager for that - are you reinstalling? Are
> you using sysinstall for recovery?
I was just going to reinstall. There is nothing important on the hd.
> 2) Are you having an error that gets you into single user or similar? Maybe
> you can't change the password because your root partition is
> mounted read only.
No. I can log in. I just can't change pw.
> Post the output of this command:
> # mount
> For example, when my root partition is read-only, I get
> /dev/ad0s1a on / (ufs, local, read-only)
> and also post output from,
> # df
I can do this at home...not now. I can post the output next time I'm online,
which could be tomorrow or as late as Saturday.
Thanks,
Tony
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