Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 11:45:26 +0200 From: didi <didi@yuebing.net> To: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: corrupt disklabel, how to restore? Message-ID: <415A8436.2090205@yuebing.net> In-Reply-To: <b2807d04040929005943cd2a5e@mail.gmail.com> References: <415A56F2.3060300@yuebing.net> <b2807d0404092900467c5c9d20@mail.gmail.com> <415A6B0F.5000908@yuebing.net> <b2807d04040929005943cd2a5e@mail.gmail.com>
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Does : UFS2+S N in "freebsd disklabel editor" mean that no newfs will be created i.e that only the disklabel will be written and the acyual filesystem be left alone? as opposed to UFS+S Y ? d-tail (I'm a bit worried :| ) Subhro wrote: > There is a key for toggling new filesystem. Probably Y..... sorry > don't rember it. > > Regards > S. > > > On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 09:58:07 +0200, didi <didi@yuebing.net> wrote: > >>It's partitioned and mounted from sysinstall in 5.2.1 >> >>And the machine rins 5.2.1 again :( >> >>So, I guess I could: >> >>use fdisk and/or disklabel from within sysinstall again. But how do I >>prevent sysinstall from making 'newfs' ? >> >>Thanks & Regards D-tail >> >> >> >> >>Subhro wrote: >> >>>If you have partitioned your disk as UFS2, then there is no way in >>>which you can access them running 4.10. >>> >>>Regards >>>S, >>> >>> >>>On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:32:18 +0200, didi <didi@yuebing.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>I did what you shouldn't do. I have two disks one 80gb and one 100gb >>>>I was not happy with FreeBSD 5.2.1 so I downgraded to 4.10. >>>>Problem is the disklabel on my second drive somehow got corrupt, on this >>>>drive i backed up all home/* folders etc and so on, but now I can't get >>>>to my backup. >>>>I really need a way to restore the disklabel. >>>> >>>>I have tried scan_ffs with no result is there any other way, >>>> >>>>The disk was mounted as ad1s1d one large slice. >>>> >>>>Any information could be usefull >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > >
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