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Date:      Sat, 24 Apr 2021 12:37:42 +0100
From:      Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   =?UTF-8?Q?Irreparable_file_systems_after_accidental_misuse_of_gpart?= =?UTF-8?Q?_bootcode_=e2=80=a6_=28EFI_Bootstrap_Question_on_13=2e0=29?=
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In-Reply-To: <2d99e813-ef5e-72ae-71fe-26b3952ee66a@johnrshannon.com>
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On 19/04/2021 15:30, john via freebsd-questions wrote:
> # gpart bootcode … -i 1 …

In your case (and others), index 1 was the wrong target.

The screenshot at 
<https://new.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/mvvloi/-/gvf25sf/>; 
demonstrates how writing bootstrap code can leave the file system not 
only non-mountable, but irreparable.

I'm glad that you managed to recreate what's required.




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