Roelof Osinga wrote:
>
> > > - the install disks could be used to access ones root disk
> >
> > They can.
>
> So people keep telling me. I spend over a week on it an I tell you
> they can't. Not in any sensible way, that is. Compared to this, say,
> Linux is pure bliss. You pop in the disk enter the root and you're off.
> Better yet, the process is described in the installation README. Even
> a newbie can do that, especially with some handholding.
Mmmmm.... how about:
1) boot the installation disks until sysinstall comes up.
2) select the Fixit option (the one that mentiones a shell, y'know)
on the main menu.
Granted, this requires either a fixit disk (you got mfsroot and
kern, right? it should be easy to get the fixit) or the cd-rom (I
expect most newbies to have a cd-rom available) for you to be able
to access the root disk "in a sensible way".
(You'd otherwise have to go to Custom/Disklabel/Commit, which is...
scary. :-)
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