Mukarram Syed wrote:
Thanks for this response and others.
However, my problem does not look to be so simple.
I boot off the install cd and get into the fixit prompt.
I dmesg | less and get the device name that I think is my hard drive /dev/ad0.
I fdisk /dev/ad0 and get information about 3
Thanks Manolis for your response.
This disk is running freebsd but it's from iomega software company on an
unsupported raid controller product of theirs. I can't get any help from them
even for a price.
I could boot up the disk in single user but at the login prompt I can't type
anything, even
Hi,
I am totally new to freebsd and as a Unix admin (not a freebsd unix admin
though), I have to recover a lost root password from a freebsd drive.
I need your help!
I have booted up from a freebsd install cd 1. I have connected my freebsd
drive in the system. Now I don't know how to mount the
Quoting Mukarram Syed [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi,
I am totally new to freebsd and as a Unix admin (not a freebsd unix
admin though), I have to recover a lost root password from a freebsd
drive.
I need your help!
I have booted up from a freebsd install cd 1. I have connected my
freebsd
I need your help!
I have booted up from a freebsd install cd 1. I have connected my freebsd
drive in the system. Now I don't know how to mount the drive to edit the
/etc/shadow file.
I am at the fixit prompt on the cd.
IMHO
mount yourrootpartition /mnt
mount your_usr_partition_if_separate
