Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 08:05:02 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Bootsrapa Limanond <b0l6604@unix.tamu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Empty Partition, Can't find kernel Error Message-ID: <373A799E.1CD9BDD@uk.radan.com> References: <Pine.SOL.3.96.990512224254.19416A-100000@fox.tamu.edu>
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Bootsrapa Limanond wrote: > > Hi: > > Thanks very much for responding. > > Is there anyway to reinstall FreeBSD while saving a partition > (i.e., /usr/home) on the second hard drive? Or I have to clean > up everything on both the first and second hard disk. > If there is already a UFS on the partition then sysinstall won't set the newfs flag so won't trash it. I just did a similar thing when adding a new disk. I made the new disk into a single partition, mounted it, created a directory "old.system", cp'd my whole system to it and then did a fresh install of 3.1 (I was on 2.2.8) using the new disk as /usr. When it finished I had /usr/old.system with everything in it intact. HTH > Suttipan. > > On Wed, 12 May 1999, Doug White wrote: > > > On Mon, 10 May 1999, Suttipan Limanond wrote: > > > > > I think I shoot myself in the foot big time here. > > > > > > I run both Win95 and 2.2.5 side-by-side. The Win95 and 2.2.5 bootable > > > are on the first hard disk, while some other 2.2.5 partitions are on the > > > second harddisk. Today after reinstalling > > > Win95, the boot manager disappeared and I can only booted Win95. > > > I searched the archive and read a suggestion that I run bootinst.exe > > > from the CDROM. The problem is that I ran bootinst.exe after I have > > > `messed' around with `fip' and `sysinstall' (partition config) for a > > > while :(. > > [..] > > > empty partition > > > can't find kernel" > > > > > > I would appreciate if anyone can give me some advice on > > > how to fix the problem. > > > > Install failed. Delete the FreeBSD slice and start over. > > > > Doug White > > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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