On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:27:01 +1030, Malcolm Kay wrote: >This is likely your problem source!!! > >/dev/rad[n] is an alias of /dev/ad[n]; that is it refers to IDE drive n. >(Historically they had somewhat different meanings but even then still >refered to the same physical device -- the 'r' means raw) > >If n was 2 you have over written the beginning of ad2.
Well I guess the good news is that the HD is probably ok then. :-) In FAT I seem to recall there are two copies of the boot sector. Does FreeBSD has anything like that? If what I did trashed the first sectors would that have affected all mount points? _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"