Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 11:34:41 +0000 From: Peter Coates <peter@newnet.co.uk> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au>, Brian Gallucci <briang@expnet.net>, FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help HOWTO create a Recovery Disk for BSDI? Message-ID: <387F09D1.4937A4A9@newnet.co.uk> References: <3484.947848725@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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If your trying to restore boot blocks or kernel your'll need a BSDi 2.1 CD Rom FreeBSD will not work. I suggest you try the BSDi archives at: http://www.nexial.com/mailinglists/ Or mail the BSDI list. Regards, Peter NewNet Ltd Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Jan 2000 22:14:25 +1100, Danny wrote: > > > - this is an emergency > > Then you should probably contact the people you pay to support your BSDI > installation. BSDI is a commercial product, no? You may as well get > what you're paying for. :-) > > > - I need to create an emergency recovery disk for BSDI 2.1 > > I have absolutely no idea how to go about this. You might get a better > answer from someone else on the freebsd-questions mailing list, but if > this is a real emergency, take my aadvice above. > > > 1) Is it possible to create a BSDI Emergency Recovery disk from FreeBSD? > > (using mount /cdrom -> cd /cdrom/FLOPPIES/recovery.image /A) ?? > > Sounds feasible. Mount the CDROM and then use dd to create a disk image > from the file, e.g.: > > dd if=recovery.image of=/dev/fd0 > > Ciao, > Sheldon. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ipfw" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ipfw" in the body of the message
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