From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 30 18:50:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14CDD106564A for ; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:50:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f199.google.com (mail-yx0-f199.google.com [209.85.210.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C68838FC0C for ; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:50:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: by yxe37 with SMTP id 37so3819124yxe.7 for ; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:50:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=KC98jsmK2MpDJI1lSqfkr+lmBDhxvwwNIeqPNzSXfgA=; b=JDpW9FZH07opm+MfNX0VgtDx+eZttJtejnFeGn9SLIIOSfD/NlwELIOkybvqEkLEz8 glTrccoOrGi7KUzr0deKJ2x2QHFxMBToEmV7yzSVYTh66I+xflZJt9Wh+baet0WRimUC JP9kv2Q+q+82wf/T1AZQkiMPvkx1WlX8lNpoE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=i/C5VNLcV5Xfjkicggln8R5QkwjJ6QWhRYtjXKklu0+bboYsOO+VEboBxokmWnTavQ rbI4vXZbDawp94HZOwwQoeuoxjrgvoFpxqNzWaa1w87VMX5PDa402/9zdDGRWuoCG+WT uUae/tT80eN6iDKzCOX+7X18HyUm0dhK/EUkU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.172.13 with SMTP id u13mr972070ane.46.1248979802091; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:50:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A71DB2A.4040401@videotron.ca> References: <4A71DB2A.4040401@videotron.ca> Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:50:01 -0600 Message-ID: From: Tim Judd To: PJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to boot or access problem file system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:50:03 -0000 On 7/30/09, PJ wrote: > What can be done to access a file system that seems to have the boot > sector screwed up? > The /usr files should be ok but how to access? > I get errors that the file system is full and I have no idea of how to > deal with the boot up - the help message is no help! > Boot says it cannot find a kernel... surely there must be some kind of > recovery process even if nothing has been backed up. Surely FreeBSD must > be have something that functions like certain software does on MS ? > I don't have a problem with irrecoverable files, I would just finally > understand how things work and what can be done on FBSD. > TIA. > PJ That's when the livefs comes to the rescue -- if you cannot boot at all Otherwise single-user boot works most of the time