From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 7 03:13:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id DAA04995 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 7 Jan 1996 03:13:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA04989 for ; Sun, 7 Jan 1996 03:12:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id VAA20401; Sun, 7 Jan 1996 21:46:33 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199601071116.VAA20401@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: HELP! I screwed-up my root system To: root@jd-unix.wpafb.af.mil (Jeffrey D. Dean ROOT) Date: Sun, 7 Jan 1996 21:46:33 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Jeffrey D. Dean ROOT" at Jan 6, 96 01:51:01 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jeffrey D. Dean ROOT stands accused of saying: > I was dumb enough to add-on an external cdrom with the scsi > device number of 0 (same as my root system /dev/sd0a) > Now, I am trying to repair my filesystem and am having no luck. > She reads the /kernel with no problem. When she loads up she complains > that the root system is not clean (This is a legitimate error:) BUT THEN, > during an "automatic reboot" she gives a memory fault signals 11 and poops. You're screwed. Reinstall, restore from backups and save yourself the grief. And if you don't have backups, now you know why you should. > I do to fix this puppy? Does anyone have any suggestions? I cannot find > any documentation on the use of the fixit software. There isn't any; if you need it, you're not in a position to do anything useful as far as fixing anything. > - Jeffrey D. Dean SrA - -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[