Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:41:31 +0100 From: Adam J Richardson <fatman.uk@gmail.com> To: Alain <af.gourmet@videotron.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recover corrupt 6.2 installation Message-ID: <46A9F60B.1080502@crackmonkey.us> In-Reply-To: <46A77E97.8080408@videotron.ca> References: <46A77E97.8080408@videotron.ca>
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Hi Phil, [or is it Alain?] Alain wrote: > It looks like the / partition is corrupt. <snip> > Now, on bootup, the hdd appears to be read correctly but the messages > come up: > fsck: Bad file descriptor > Unknown error; help! > init: /rescue/sh on /etc/rc terminated abnormally, going to single user > mode If you have a friend with a CD burner, how about using FreeSBIE? At least that will get you a working FreeBSD system to work with. Then you can examine the drive further. Might be a good idea to mount the damaged drive read only, so you don't do further damage. HtH, Adam J Richardson
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