On Tue, 15 Mar 2022 at 11:07, J. Hannken-Illjes <hann...@mailbox.org> wrote: > > > On 15. Mar 2022, at 11:25, Ottavio Caruso > > <ottavio2006-usenet2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Memo to myself: backup! > > > > In a failed attempt at editing the disklabel, I eventually deleted it > > and obviously I could not boot again. I did not save the disklabel > > geometry before hand (Yes, I know...), so I booted from the install > > disk and tried to recreate the information by hand. So I did: > > > > # disklabel -i ld0 > > > > I selected 10GB for the whole disk and 9.5 GB for the NetBSD > > partition, because I had a 500MB swap partition, saved, crossed > > fingers, rebooted and: > > > > ### START #### > > > > Tue Mar 15 10:16:49 GMT 2022 > > Starting root file system check: > > Can't open /dev/rld0a: Device not configured > <snip> > > Take a look at /sbin/scan_ffs aka. /rescue/scan_ffs. > > -- > J. Hannken-Illjes - hann...@mailbox.org
Thanks, that was useful. And many thanks to Michael van Elst on Libera #netbsd for the assistance. -- Ottavio Caruso A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
