Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:50:01 -0600 From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to boot or access problem file system Message-ID: <ade45ae90907301150p3a8246abg74ba607db9c60220@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4A71DB2A.4040401@videotron.ca> References: <4A71DB2A.4040401@videotron.ca>
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On 7/30/09, PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca> 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
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