Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 06:41:18 -0400 (EDT) From: isis@jh2.tor.servtech.com To: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Superblocks and Magic numbers Message-ID: <XFMail.970713064348.isis@jh2.tor.servtech.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970712221229.6418H-100000@localhost>
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need to make sure you're trying to mount the block device /dev/wd0s1a >(or whatever partition you're trying to boot) in /etc/fstab. /dev/rwd0 >is the raw disk device; the first few blocks ara your boot blocks and are >certainly not a filesystem :) > >If this doesn't make sense, post your /etc/fstab and we'll make sure it's >correct. I assume this error from fsck comes up on bootup. > i dont get as far as fstab, I cant boot the drive even though I can mount /dev/w d0s1 if i do it myself. wd0s1 is the actual root partition, although if i read t he disklabel or fsck wd0 | wd0a it isnt the same as wd0s1. I am now running from another HD , albeit small, and really want to recover my main drive. I am tempt ed to beg list members to telnet to my box and fix my drive :) ---------------------------------- E-Mail: isis@jh2.tor.servtech.com Date: 13-Jul-97 Time: 06:41:21 This message was sent by XFMail ----------------------------------
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