Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 23:01:57 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1044162117.79082c@mired.org> To: bastill@adam.com.au Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fixit instructions Message-ID: <15926.3781.54965.702684@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <1043728084.3e3606d4a3b6a@webmail.adam.com.au> References: <1043728084.3e3606d4a3b6a@webmail.adam.com.au>
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In <1043728084.3e3606d4a3b6a@webmail.adam.com.au>, bastill@adam.com.au typed: > I'm somewhat puzzled. > > The only helpful instruction I have found on the use of the Fixit disk are these: > "You will then be placed into a shell with a wide variety of commands available > (in the /stand and /mnt2/stand directories) for checking, repairing and > examining file systems and their contents. Some UNIX administration experience > is required to use the fixit option." > > Surely there must be something more comprehensive than this? ls /stand/bin and /mnt2/bin, and possibly /stand/usr/bin and /mnt2/usr/bin. Then read the manual pages for each of those commands on Unix. There are also some writeups on the FreeBSD web site on troubleshooting. In general, fixit mode is only useful if you know how to fix a broken unix system using standard unix commands, as that what it gives you. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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