Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:24:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Gaylefitz@aol.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: freebsd 2.2.2 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808120022510.28795-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3cde64cd.35cf4de6@aol.com>
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On Mon, 10 Aug 1998 Gaylefitz@aol.com wrote: > I have a small internet server running on freebsd 2.2.2 > on 1998 08 09 at about 1730, a message was displayed that said "shutting down > at 1800 hrs" according to a person logged into the server. i was not here, and > did not see the exact wording or if it even presented a reason for shutting > down. today, when i came in to work with the server, i found that it would not > boot, saying that it could not find the /bin/sh file. it said "File or > directory doesn't exist" and then asked me for an alternate pathname for the > shell specified in /etc/rc > I tried several different shells (bash, csh, sh, etc...) and none of them > worked. > i got onto #FreeBSD on EFNET running through my secondary DNS and an > individual there said to download the boot and fixit disk images for FreeBSD > 2.2.7 > i did so, and the boot disk will not boot, halting at "ep0 not found at 0x300" When you boot, put '-c' on the Boot: line and remove all the devices that aren't installed on your system. If you can get the fixit floppy u, check your fdisk and disklabels. Something tells me they got wiped clean. > just before the warning about /bin/sh, there is a line saying > WARNING: / Not properly dismounted. > > i would just as soon not have to reformat all of my drives and send them off > to data recovery labs...is there anything you can suggest? Buy a backup device? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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