Date: Sun, 29 Oct 1995 17:46:18 +0000 () From: Everett F Batey <efb@cotdazr.org> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, paul@FreeBSD.org Subject: Lost my original /sbin/dset -q values Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951029173722.9013A-100000@gcpacix.vcnet.com>
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I blew it and I have too much invested with still no back up to nuke it with a complete reload .. Was just trying to find my /dev/ed1 (TrendNet-16) Novell 2000 Ether_Clone. Well I lost most of the values of what "boot -c" gets you .. got one hot answer back that it was all lost and non-retrievable. Looking at strings of /dev/dset .. homed me in on /kernel and /cdrom/kernel.Gen which are (per md5) identical .. Then /cdrom /var/db .. 10885454 -rw-rw-r-- 1 nobody wheel 0 Jun 9 14:57 locate.database vs /var/db 7686 -r--r--r-- 1 nobody wheel 467916 Oct 27 20:34 locate.database 7704 -rw-r--r-- 1 root bin 315392 Jul 26 21:04 kvm_kernel.db Suggests that is where dset and the kernel keep the saved values .. sadly as data and not as ascii .. I would really welcome a scheme to restore ... without a reload .. killing all my user stuff, apps, ppp etc ... the kernel values that I hosed in the boot -c .. Also any leads to mating a HP DJ500 would go a long way .. Many thanks for any leads .. hate blasting lists with such low level stuff but I admit I am dedicate to using BSD and want to get a good enough handle to move it into our schools .. VR /Ev/ + efb@cotdazr.org http://www.vcnet.com/efb efb@oxnardsd.org [efb15] WA6CRE + + Opinions MINE, NOT Uncles | Edu: http://www.oxnardsd.org/ innd email DNS + + 805.655.2017 Beep .. 805.982.7180 ofc many fwds .. 805.340.6471..2..5 VM +
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