Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 22:15:20 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: alissa bader <molbloo@interport.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a stupid thing I just did Message-ID: <19990113221520.A80919@scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990113162804.24821A-100000@interport.net> References: <032d01be3f3b$9686f580$944845d1@Samantha.mi.verio.net> <Pine.GSO.3.96.990113162804.24821A-100000@interport.net>
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alissa bader wrote: > I tried this, and it did not work. At the boot prompt type "?". This will give a list of all files in the root directory. If there are no kernels there, get a boot floppy and a fixit floppy made. I've forgotton the exact option in sysinstall, but it's something to do with recovering an existing system. Either use the floppy option, or the CDROM option if you have the CDs. the first things you'll need to do is run fsck(8) on your disks, and pray that not too much has been broken. -- Ben Smithurst ben@scientia.demon.co.uk send a blank message to ben+pgp@scientia.demon.co.uk for PGP key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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