From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 5 03:19:34 2004 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 3EF9216A4CE; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 03:19:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (ei.xs4all.nl [213.84.67.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6748D43D31; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 03:19:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i05BLNo9079208; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 12:21:23 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: (from bulk@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i05BLMwU079207; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 12:21:22 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) X-Authentication-Warning: ei.bzerk.org: bulk set sender to mail25@bzerk.org using -f Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 12:21:22 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot To: Peter Leftwich Message-ID: <20040105112122.GA79146@ei.bzerk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ruben de Groot , Peter Leftwich , FreeBSD LIST , SDBUG , Www@freebsd.org References: <20040104173325.R21865@rocket.alienwebshop.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040104173325.R21865@rocket.alienwebshop.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: SDBUG cc: FreeBSD LIST cc: Www@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fixit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 11:19:34 -0000 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"