On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 06:01:46PM -0500, Peter Leftwich typed: > Hello everyone. > > [1] What is the best resource online for understanding how to use "fixit"?? > > I have a bootable FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE CD-R and I can start an emergency > "fixit" shell on vtty4 (you start it after booting into sysinstall "...using > the live filesystem CD..." and type Alt-F4 to get to a # prompt).
The live filesystem is on the second cd (disc2). Without this or alternatively the fixit floppy, you'll find the environment very limited indeed. > I am able to do an "ls" only by typing "echo *" -- "cd" works and "pwd" > works, but "which", "mkdir", "mount" and "more" do NOT WORK. > > [2] (a) My question is, with all of the data that can be fit on an ISO9660 > filesystem, why was "fixit" and the array of tools so limited?! > (b) http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/installation/i386/trouble.html > only makes a passing reference to fixit.flp only. Is there a tutorial at > freebsd.org that explains use of the fixit shell?? > > [3] What sequence of commands do I use to mount to a UFS floppy or UFS > filesystem on my hard drive (and do I have to know which /dev/ and do I > have to fdisk and label mountpoints in sysinstall ahead of time??)??! > > If anyone can clarify these three questions, I would forever be grateful. > > Thank you kindly. > > -- > Peter Leftwich > President & Founder, Video2Video Services > Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA > http://Www.Video2Video.Com > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
