From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 28 20:05:07 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA08016A4CE for ; Sun, 28 Dec 2003 20:05:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.acecape.com (mail1.acecape.com [66.114.74.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 908EE43D2F for ; Sun, 28 Dec 2003 20:05:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from francisco@natserv.com) Received: from miguel (p65-147.acedsl.com [66.114.65.147]) by mail1.acecape.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id hBT455U6021275; Sun, 28 Dec 2003 23:05:05 -0500 Message-Id: <200312290405.hBT455U6021275@mail1.acecape.com> From: "Francisco Reyes" To: "FreeBSD questions" , "Malcolm Kay" Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 23:09:05 -0500 Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.10.2010) For Windows 2000 (5.0.2195;4) In-Reply-To: <200312291427.01727.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Please help. Can't see HD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Francisco Reyes List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 04:05:07 -0000 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?