Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:35:35 -0700 From: Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Fwd: fubar'ed it good this time... Message-ID: <BANLkTi=QAf9=Pyz2e75qcuZQJd6aLp4vcw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=5ajLa-JyONAWxc8FmHF0di%2B7N9Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <BANLkTimc%2B-Dvjpp9h0DYg8ofFt-Yr8DrMg@mail.gmail.com> <4E08558A.7000101@my.gd> <BANLkTimbCcsdGnNLWcYvEjQUy5EHWDbVjQ@mail.gmail.com> <4E089FF5.2050605@my.gd> <BANLkTi=5ajLa-JyONAWxc8FmHF0di%2B7N9Q@mail.gmail.com>
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One more that should have made it to the list... Kurt On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 08:21, Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> wrote: > On 6/27/11 3:40 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 03:03, Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> wrote: >>> On 6/27/11 8:17 AM, Kurt Buff wrote: >> <snip> >>>> I've even downloaded and burned the 8.2 live boot iso, but it says it >>>> can't find a hard drive from sysinstall - both the Fdisk and Label >>>> options say >>>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"No disks found! Please verify that your disk cont= roller >>>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0is being properly probed at boot time. See the Har= dware >>>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0guide on the Documentation menu for clues on >>>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0diagnosing this type of problem." >>>> >>>> I get no love from the Fixit shell, either, with /dev being void of >>>> any reference to the hard drive - just acd0. >>>> >>>> I'm pretty sure that if I can mount the disk that I can just edit the >>>> cruft out of /etc/fstab, and it will all be fine, but I can't get >>>> there... >> <snip> >>> >>> >>> You'll want to download a live CD with UFS support :) >>> >>> MFSBSD comes to mind: >>> >>> http://mfsbsd.vx.sk/ >> >> Your advice sounds reasonable, but that site seems devoted to zfs bootab= les. >> >> I wonder if an 8.1 livefs iso will do the trick... >> >> Kurt > > > > Works just fine for non ZFS stuff, we actually use it here with PXE to > install new firewalls. > > Really, it'll do what you want, it has "ee" which is all you need. Oh, how I wish you had been right, but no such luck. It doesn't find any 'da' devices - just acd, again. Kurt
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