Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 23:09:05 -0500 From: "Francisco Reyes" <francisco@natserv.com> To: "FreeBSD questions" <questions@freebsd.org>, "Malcolm Kay" <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Please help. Can't see HD Message-ID: <200312290405.hBT455U6021275@mail1.acecape.com> In-Reply-To: <200312291427.01727.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:27:01 +1030, Malcolm Kay wrote: >This is likely your problem source!!! > >/dev/rad[n] is an alias of /dev/ad[n]; that is it refers to IDE drive n. >(Historically they had somewhat different meanings but even then still >refered to the same physical device -- the 'r' means raw) > >If n was 2 you have over written the beginning of ad2. Well I guess the good news is that the HD is probably ok then. :-) In FAT I seem to recall there are two copies of the boot sector. Does FreeBSD has anything like that? If what I did trashed the first sectors would that have affected all mount points?
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