Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:23:17 -0400 From: PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to boot or access problem file system Message-ID: <4A7352B5.7040905@videotron.ca> In-Reply-To: <20090731200605.GB92292@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <4A71DB2A.4040401@videotron.ca> <20090730190458.GA36265@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <4A71F297.1080903@videotron.ca> <20090730220618.GA40281@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <4A7339A7.4010303@videotron.ca> <20090731185754.GB90516@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <4A734933.5040602@videotron.ca> <20090731200605.GB92292@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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Roland Smith wrote: > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 03:42:43PM -0400, PJ wrote: > >> Basically, the news is not good. >> The directories & files are not what I had to begin with. >> ls /dev/ad0s1 or any disk/slice merely gets: Permission denied. >> > > Now that is certainly weird. :-) I've never come across something like that. > What do 'mount' and 'ls -ld /dev' return? Maybe /dev is mounted with > incorrect permissions. You are logged in as root, I presume? > > What strikes me as strange is that your data from the boot prompt > suggest that your FreeBSD install is on ad3 instead of on ad0. You > haven't messed with the cabling from the disks, or changed BIOS settings > regarding the boot sequence, have you? > > Roland > No cabling changes... but I did try different boot options... My setup is a raid1 mirror setup on two 75gb sata disks and another 80gb sata disk as well as another 40gb disk(who know what's on it) could be WindowsXP, but I haven't used it. I could try running PartitionMagic to see what's on there; but there's no guarantee it'll show anything... will try now. Ok, PM shows disk1 as ntfs; Disk2 is FreeBSD/386 76,316.6mb 0.0 unused active Primary Strange that it shows as full... wasnt when it was working. Weird if not strange... whereis disk 3 ? I may have to open the box... -- Hervé Kempf: "Pour sauver la planète, sortez du capitalisme." ------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Jourdan --- pj@ptahhotep.com http://www.ptahhotep.com http://www.chiccantine.com/andypantry.php
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