Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:19:14 +0100 (MET) From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: fixit floppy trouble on -current 3.0 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961114145834.608A-100000@klemm.gtn.com>
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Hi ! Finally I got 'make release' running after linking the vn driver into the kernel. Why a 'make release' ? Well, I needed a fresh /stand directory and wanted to get a new fixit floppy, just to see, if I would be able to get my system recovered in case of trouble. As it looks to me, I wouldn't be able to get my system recovered. First of all some experiences using MAKEDEV in /mnt2/dev of the fixit floppy: ./MAKEDEV doesn't run, since #!/bin/sh isn't in the search path. so I have to use it typing sh MAKEDEV 'sh MAKEDEV somedevice' fails, because expr can't be found. expr is located somewhere in /mnt2/stand or such, if I remember right. This path is set in the shell envireoment, no trouble here. The problem comes from inside the MAKEDEV script, where the PATH environment is set fixed to a PATH, not suitable for a fixit floppy environment. So I'd set the PATH environment of MAKEDEV to something like: PATH=/sbin:/bin/:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:$PATH ^^^^^ Workaround is, to edit MAKEDEV on the fixit floppy ... But then ... Then I wanted to try to backup some of my partitions: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/sd0a 31775 13274 15959 45% / /dev/sd0s3e 63567 37149 21333 64% /www /dev/sd0s3f 127151 87752 29227 75% /var /dev/sd0s3g 765058 500994 202860 71% /usr /dev/sd1s1e 193855 104777 73570 59% /news /dev/sd1s1f 1790627 1568730 78647 95% /local So the 1st task was to try to create the devices rsd0s3e and so on. MAKEDEV complained about no space left .... Well, a df -i shows this numbers: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity iused ifree %iused M. on root_device 1319 1137 182 86% 101 281 26% / /dev/fd0 1095 1051 44 96% 381 193 66% /mnt2 I removed some special devices, and the output of df shows some space, but I was unable to create any sd0s3x device. I typed: sh MAKEDEV sd0s3e sh MAKEDEV sd0s3f and so on but the commands didn't have any result, because of 'no space left'. Could perhaps someone have a look at this, because I think it's important to have a working fixit floppy, or does somebody have another idea of how to recover 'fast && reliable' ? Andreas /// On the other hand: the new installation menu looks smart, Jordan. I mean the part, where you can jump through an index of functions. Can't remember, if the other boot floppies had that, too, but looks cool ;-) -- andreas@klemm.gtn.com /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ Support Unix -- andreas.klemm@wup.de pgp p-key http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html >>> powered by <<< ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz >>> FreeBSD <<<
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