On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 09:01:18AM -, Dave wrote:
[[ useless junk ]]
> > it. it keep cycling, trying to boot a 7.3 #1.
> >
> > i just remembered that the floppy disk was a DOS file with a secret
> > command :A:\MBR that got rid of that boot track.
> >
> > it's looking more and m
On 14 Feb 2012 at 18:01, Gary Kline wrote:
> On 02/14/2012 05:40 PM, Da Rock wrote:
> > On 02/15/12 10:08, Gary Kline wrote:
> >> guys,
> >>
> >> is there still a way of fixing something i did to my existing
> >> installation? it does nothing but continually cycle e and try to
> >> reboot into t
On 02/15/12 14:03, Gary Kline wrote:
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:51:37PM +1000, Da Rock wrote:
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:51:37 +1000
From: Da Rock
Subject: Re: fixit disc for 7.3 #1?
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
On 02/15/12 12:01, Gary Kline wrote:
On 02/14/2012 05:40 PM, Da Rock wrote
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 12:51:37PM +1000, Da Rock wrote:
> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:51:37 +1000
> From: Da Rock
> Subject: Re: fixit disc for 7.3 #1?
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>
> On 02/15/12 12:01, Gary Kline wrote:
> >On 02/14/2012 05:40 PM, Da Rock wrot
On 02/15/12 12:01, Gary Kline wrote:
On 02/14/2012 05:40 PM, Da Rock wrote:
On 02/15/12 10:08, Gary Kline wrote:
guys,
is there still a way of fixing something i did to my existing
installation? it does nothing but continually cycle e and try to
reboot into the old release i had from feb 201
On 02/14/2012 05:40 PM, Da Rock wrote:
On 02/15/12 10:08, Gary Kline wrote:
guys,
is there still a way of fixing something i did to my existing
installation? it does nothing but continually cycle e and try to
reboot into the old release i had from feb 2011. i thought editing
out /etc/fstab w
On 02/15/12 10:08, Gary Kline wrote:
guys,
is there still a way of fixing something i did to my existing
installation? it does nothing but continually cycle e and try to
reboot into the old release i had from feb 2011. i thought editing
out /etc/fstab would do it. but nope, it throws me into
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 21:40, Tim Judd wrote:
> Because the livefs uses a MFSROOT system (allows you to make changes
> to the ram-based disk image after boot), you have to load kernel
> modules before the mfsroot is mounted. As an example..
>
> boot cd
> escape to loader prompt
> load /boot/kerne
On 12/8/09, Joey Mingrone wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I was upgrading a system from 7.2 to 8.0 and all was going well until
> the make installkernel step. The / partition filled up when the new
> kernel was installing. Since /boot was taking up most of the space I
> moved /boot to /usr/ and create a sym
On 12/8/09 5:00 PM, "Joey Mingrone" wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I was upgrading a system from 7.2 to 8.0 and all was going well until
> the make installkernel step. The / partition filled up when the new
> kernel was installing. Since /boot was taking up most of the space I
> moved /boot to /usr/ and
> fsck_ffs -p /dev/ad0s1a
Thanks you so much for your genius information. My computer boots again!
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On Wednesday 12 August 2009 21:58:05 Nerius Landys wrote:
> > By convention /etc should be on ad0s1a. If it's not, but /boot is there,
> > you may need to fsck.
>
> Yeah, When I tired to mount ad0s1a, it gave me something like
> permission denied or bad superblock. How do I fix this with fsck from
> By convention /etc should be on ad0s1a. If it's not, but /boot is there, you
> may need to fsck.
Yeah, When I tired to mount ad0s1a, it gave me something like
permission denied or bad superblock. How do I fix this with fsck from
the live CD?
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On Wednesday 12 August 2009 21:07:30 Nerius Landys wrote:
> On my recently updated (as in world+ports are up-to-date) FreeBSD 6.4
> box i tried to get Xorg running, and after building Xorg from ports
> and enabling hald and dbus in rc.conf, I get:
>
> Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mod
Michel Talon wrote:
Drew Tomlinson wrote:
The command 'gmirror label root ad8a ad6a' does not return an error but
no device is created in /dev/mirror
The command 'zpool create data raid1z ad14d ad12d ad8d ad6d' gives me
an error about the ZFS library being unavailable.
Are these tools s
On Saturday 04 July 2009 11:06:52 Michel Talon wrote:
> Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> > The command 'gmirror label root ad8a ad6a' does not return an error but
> > no device is created in /dev/mirror
> >
> > The command 'zpool create data raid1z ad14d ad12d ad8d ad6d' gives me
> > an error about the ZFS
Michel Talon wrote:
Drew Tomlinson wrote:
The command 'gmirror label root ad8a ad6a' does not return an error but
no device is created in /dev/mirror
The command 'zpool create data raid1z ad14d ad12d ad8d ad6d' gives me
an error about the ZFS library being unavailable.
Are these tools s
2009/4/28 n j :
> I was just wondering if someone could give me a quick advice on how
> (or at least confirm it's possible) to start sshd in fixit console
> i.e. how to boot FreeBSD off the CD1 (6.4-RELEASE) and enable SSH
> access to it.
>
> I believe booting off a live CD and restoring a backup o
"Kent Hauser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I recently rebuild a 7-STABLE which refused to boot & then ran into some
> problems trying to recover.
>
> 1) After escaping to the loader prompt, I could only enter a couple of
> characters (eg 2) before the machine hung. Not enough for the "unload /
>
Andy Dills wrote:
> Is there a standard way of installing complete filesystem images onto
> existing machines via the network, for example using dump, restore, nfs,
> and boot floppies?
>
> I want to upgrade our mail server cluster from 4-STABLE to 6-STABLE, and
> there is so much that goes int
On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 02:57:21PM -0500, Andy Dills wrote:
>
> Is there a standard way of installing complete filesystem images onto
> existing machines via the network, for example using dump, restore, nfs,
> and boot floppies?
>
> I want to upgrade our mail server cluster from 4-STABLE to 6
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
I hate it when I have to do that.
Ted
This time single user mode fixed it.
I plan to study the file permissions with fixit. It seems like a tool to
know the correct use of, in case I need it. ;)
Darrel
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Matthew Seaman wrote:
On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 06:14:40PM -0700, Henrik W Lund wrote:
Greetings, list!
I've been reading about a "fixit floppy" that is supposed to exist
somewhere, and a "fixit CD" too, but I can't for the life me find out
anything more about them. Googling yields tons of refer
From backup basics in the handbook:
Try looking in the floppies directory of your distribution for
fixit.flp image.
Gary
Henrik W Lund wrote:
Greetings, list!
I've been reading about a "fixit floppy" that is supposed to exist
somewhere, and a "fixit CD" too, but I can't for the life me find out
a
On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 06:14:40PM -0700, Henrik W Lund wrote:
> Greetings, list!
>
> I've been reading about a "fixit floppy" that is supposed to exist
> somewhere, and a "fixit CD" too, but I can't for the life me find out
> anything more about them. Googling yields tons of references to
> "i
Rishi Chopra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is it possible to boot the FreeBSD FIXIT CD from a non-bootable CDROM
> drive, by using a FreeBSD boot disk or something similar?
Sure. You boot the floppies the same way as for an install, and you
will be given an option menu. Along with the various i
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 22:55:29 -0500 (EST), Peter Leftwich wrote:
> I like how you say that - "a place to stand." It's a good lead-in for
> my question: The problem is this... the fixit shell is started and it
> doesn't really show you WHAT it is technically doing. Is it started
> in RAM(/ramdisk/)
On Sun, 4 Jan 2004, Mike Meyer wrote:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter Leftwich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> > I saw your post about the lack of documentation for "fixit" and
> > wondered if you may be an expert or seasoned user on the topic? Thank
> > you for any info you have!
> Fixit disks aren'
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 s
Excellent. So many people talk about writing good docs, but you've done it.
The only quibble I have is that is seems more like a handbook topic than a FAQ
entry. Especially as it grows. It could eventually be expanded to a fuller
list of sources of general disk recovery information.
> I'm n
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed:
> A problem I face is the sheer volume of commands. There is probably a command
> to do what you want "somewhere" but the only way you would find it is by asking
> a number of gurus (eg via this list).
man -k is your friend. Guessing the right key
Quoting Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Since the discussion about this went on here, I'm posting the URL here.
>
> Those of you interested in fixit disk documentation can see my
> contribution for the FAQ at: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=48101 >.
A man of his word, no less! :-
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed:
> Quoting Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Maybe what's needed is an "Essential BSD commands" handbook entry,
> > that covers the lists the commands available in Fixit mode that are
> > actually useful for fixing a broken system?
>
> Yes, that's
Quoting Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Maybe what's needed is an "Essential BSD commands" handbook entry,
> that covers the lists the commands available in Fixit mode that are
> actually useful for fixing a broken system?
Yes, that's exactly what I was asking for, in essense.
Care to write it?
Meyer
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 9:54 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Chuck Swiger; Giorgos Keramidas; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Fixit instructions
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] typed:
> Quoting Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > You don't have to bo
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed:
> Quoting Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > You don't have to boot the fixit cd - just mount it and look. I'm sure
> > that what you will find on the CD is a pretty complete FreeBSD system,
> > with the layout described in the hier man page.
>
> C
Quoting Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Are you familiar with the documentation provided for command-line mode
> or domain server recovery mode when booting recent M$ operating systems
> via their F8 boot menu?
What a lovely queston! :-)
SFIAK, no such exists.
Up to DOS 6.2, documentaton
Quoting Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> You don't have to boot the fixit cd - just mount it and look. I'm sure
> that what you will find on the CD is a pretty complete FreeBSD system,
> with the layout described in the hier man page.
Close, but...
root@BAPhD ~ #ls /cdrom
.cshrc bin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[ ... ]
Then - assuming you do not already know the answer (as obviously, I don't)
determine which of the documents would tell you how to use the Fixit disk.
Imagine asking an piano teacher which keys on the piano you should
press. One valid answer is "all of them". A
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed:
> FBSD has excellent documentation in so many areas that I find it VERY strange
> that Fixit use is such an exception. I can't even get a description of the
> Fixit structure or a list of all the commands available, other than by booting
> from the
Quoting Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On 2003-01-28 17:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Quoting Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > > There are also some writeups on the FreeBSD web site on
> > > troubleshooting.
> >
> > Don't doubt you, but that is the first place I looked on the
> > I
On 2003-01-28 17:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Quoting Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > There are also some writeups on the FreeBSD web site on
> > troubleshooting.
>
> Don't doubt you, but that is the first place I looked on the
> Internet. That info is well hidden, I think.
Not quite. I be
Quoting Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> There are also some writeups on the FreeBSD web site on
> troubleshooting.
Don't doubt you, but that is the first place I looked on the Internet. That
info is well hidden, I think.
However, The tips you and Chuck have offered will keep me quite sufficien
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed:
> I'm somewhat puzzled.
>
> The only helpful instruction I have found on the use of the Fixit disk are these:
> "You will then be placed into a shell with a wide variety of commands available
> (in the /stand and /mnt2/stand directories) for checki
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[ ... ]
The only helpful instruction I have found on the use of the Fixit disk are these:
"You will then be placed into a shell with a wide variety of commands available
(in the /stand and /mnt2/stand directories) for checking, repairing and
examining file systems and the
>
> Hey,
> I have corrupted my fstab file and I can't mount any drives anymore. Now I
> would like to fix that with the fixit cd (freebsd cd 2), but how?
I don't know much about using the fixit, but -
If you have only messed up the fstab file, you can probably fix it
by merely booting to single
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