Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:00:01 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" <ewh2048@rit.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Base System Rebuild Message-ID: <20131211150001.75bb1a1a@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFRryZjAvexmHGS8%2Bm6v=61oYGcag55wba%2BgzaB0afArhmLcMw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFRryZg9GwSWLB3ytdpmVgrfnp4T0i6b0sgCJh9xuEdOic-Dng@mail.gmail.com> <20131210170905.1dfb9fd7@X220.alogt.com> <CAFRryZhNKQz=EsxNdvXqBNj81u3VeFjJAYwcJnBMrFLXFk-jdA@mail.gmail.com> <20131210172513.77fa8482@X220.alogt.com> <CAFRryZivwj-0%2BSPO4gUZxv=0LAQZE8UoUrBOAb0cYVMZkUohtw@mail.gmail.com> <CAHu1Y72sTOpWSD_%2BKVwHxxj6N=L7aQdso092sYS=yeABFv=zXg@mail.gmail.com> <52A79136.7090103@ShaneWare.Biz> <76E49CC4-57CE-4A45-B051-025D465B311F@fisglobal.com> <CAFRryZjJ_Q2GGyPnAEKp_403f_8zOuG4FD%2BNdWCSJb%2BuvBgQ0w@mail.gmail.com> <20131211115641.5e15206e@X220.alogt.com> <CAFRryZghKK55kFUbnzKC7omkNCkqeJ7-Kg76QWBsZ=jeA5sGbA@mail.gmail.com> <20131211134031.77ef3e84@X220.alogt.com> <CAFRryZi0coRx%2B3urhvj=jvAKfhdc3=YkhbpcLs4mdKVN%2B3buCA@mail.gmail.com> <20131211140921.27cf6249@X220.alogt.com> <CAFRryZj6n8NuT1AViCkQLWyjGUG6HDM_vyzcMYTryHnhf5tT0Q@mail.gmail.com> <20131211144403.711eb6a9@X220.alogt.com> <CAFRryZjAvexmHGS8%2Bm6v=61oYGcag55wba%2BgzaB0afArhmLcMw@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 22:46:52 -0800 "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" <ewh2048@rit.edu> wrote: > It was a VM. you mean that it is? > > Problem is the person who set up this machine had never used FreeBSD > before and made a lot of really weird mistakes. I think the best > course of action is to just create a new VM image and start from > scratch. But damaging the file system should have nothing to do with it. With an UPS, the file system only gets damages when the kernel crashes with open writes. If possible, I would not install a new image but try to do a newfs on as many partitions as possible. If the machine is setup with the new approach of having only one partition, this is not possible. Erich
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