On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Identry <jalmb...@identry.com> wrote:
> > I'd give it an fsck or two (more than one has been needed once or > > twice), > > I was afraid to run fsck before backing up everything I might possibly > need, so I spent most of last night mounting all the partitions and > backing up things. > > I was able to manually mount all the partitions and all the data seemed > fine. > > At this point, I'm ready to risk an fsck or pretty much anything. > > > also has anything changed with the server (updates etc etc) for > > example why was it rebooted? > > Because of a stupid mistake on my part. I was trying to add an address > to the NIC card, and rather than *add* the address to a long list of > addresses (used for https websites), I made that the only address. I > was only experimenting, so the file in /etc that I use to set up the > addresses (using ifconfig) was unchanged. I figured a quick reboot > would solve the problem, so I logged in via the console and did a > clean shutdown. When I turned the machine back on, it would not boot. > > I seem to recall a verbose boot mode in the > > boot menu. does that give any hints beyond the freeze you see when you > > try and boot? > > It prints one line, which I cannot recall, unfortunately. > > > Are you using the GENERIC kernel > > I don't know. This is the oldest freebsd machine that I run. I didn't > install the OS, myself. It's a 6.2 machine that had been running in > production mode without any updates for over a year when I took it > over. I am embarrassed to say I never had the nerve to do any updates > on it, either, because when I started on it, I didn't know enough > about FreeBSD to risk the 40 websites that were running on it. > > I've been meaning to update it for awhile, but it is locked down tight > with PF and has had zero problems up until now. Famous last words... > > > if not have you tried it? > > No. I need to figure out how to do that, and I didn't have enough > brain power last night after doing all those backups. Boot to single user mode and just run: fsck -y You don't need any special options the first time. fsck should tell you if there are further problems. > > After sleeping on it, I am wondering if I can kill two birds with one > stone... by using 7.2 install CDs to upgrade the machine? I believe > there is an 'upgrade' option on the install menu (I'm burning some 7.2 > CDs right now to double check.) > > Or would it be safer to try to bring up the machine on it's own with a > 6.2 generic kernel, first? Please don't even think of doing that! You might go mad with the several issues you may end up facing. And upgrading a production system from an install CD is something that I will never do. I always use csup/cvsup, but perhaps you can also use freebsd-update. I advise you get to fix the problem at hand before thinking of updating. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"