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Subject: Re: fubar'ed it good this time...
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On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 20:24, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:40:27 -0700, Kurt Buff wrote:
>> Your advice sounds reasonable, but that site seems devoted to zfs bootables.
>>
>> I wonder if an 8.1 livefs iso will do the trick...
>
> Check if you can download FreeSBIE somewhere. It's a live system
> using the 5.x and 6.x kernel which should be fine. Next to two
> GUI modes (light, heavy) it also has a versatile "maintenance mode"
> for such operations. I have already successfully used this system
> for solving similar situations, for diagnostics, and for data
> recovery preparation.

I'll google for that later - I like that suggestion.

I'm pressed for time this morning, so I'm downloading the 7.4 livefs
iso, and will see if that will do the trick this evening.

Thanks,

Kurt