Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-08-01 Thread PJ
per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Gardner Bell wrote: > >>> The stench from Denmark is getting to me... ;-) >>> >> Insulting much with your remark about Denmark? >> > > Methinks it be an oblique reference to > a line from Shakespeare's play about the Dane > with no insult intended, the

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-08-01 Thread PJ
Gardner Bell wrote: > Gardner Bell > > > --- On Fri, 7/31/09, PJ wrote: > > >> From: PJ >> Subject: Re: how to boot or access problem file system >> To: "Roland Smith" >> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Received: Friday, July 31,

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-08-01 Thread perryh
Gardner Bell wrote: > > The stench from Denmark is getting to me... ;-) > Insulting much with your remark about Denmark? Methinks it be an oblique reference to a line from Shakespeare's play about the Dane with no insult intended, then or now. ___ freeb

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-31 Thread Gardner Bell
Gardner Bell --- On Fri, 7/31/09, PJ wrote: > From: PJ > Subject: Re: how to boot or access problem file system > To: "Roland Smith" > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Received: Friday, July 31, 2009, 8:44 PM > PJ wrote: > > Roland Smith wrote: >

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-31 Thread PJ
PJ wrote: > Roland Smith wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 03:42:43PM -0400, PJ wrote: >> >>> Basically, the news is not good. >>> The directories & files are not what I had to begin with. >>> ls /dev/ad0s1 or any disk/slice merely gets: Permission denied. >>> >> Now that is certainly weird. :-) I'

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-31 Thread PJ
Roland Smith wrote: > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 03:42:43PM -0400, PJ wrote: > >> Basically, the news is not good. >> The directories & files are not what I had to begin with. >> ls /dev/ad0s1 or any disk/slice merely gets: Permission denied. >> > > Now that is certainly weird. :-) I've never

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-31 Thread PJ
Roland Smith wrote: > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 03:12:21PM -0400, PJ wrote: > >> Roland Smith wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 03:20:55PM -0400, PJ wrote: >>> >>> Roland Smith wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 01:40:58PM -0400, PJ wrote: >

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-31 Thread Roland Smith
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 03:42:43PM -0400, PJ wrote: > Basically, the news is not good. > The directories & files are not what I had to begin with. > ls /dev/ad0s1 or any disk/slice merely gets: Permission denied. Now that is certainly weird. :-) I've never come across something like that. What do

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-31 Thread Roland Smith
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 03:12:21PM -0400, PJ wrote: > Roland Smith wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 03:20:55PM -0400, PJ wrote: > > > >> Roland Smith wrote: > >> > >>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 01:40:58PM -0400, PJ wrote: > >>> > >>> > What can be done to access a file system

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-31 Thread PJ
Roland Smith wrote: > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 02:36:23PM -0400, PJ wrote: > >> Thanks for replying Roland, >> I've been struggling with upgrading 7.0 to 7.2... it has taken a lot of >> my time and I am still not happy. >> > > >> Anyway... back to the messed up 7.1 installation. >> I ran

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-31 Thread PJ
Roland Smith wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 03:20:55PM -0400, PJ wrote: > >> Roland Smith wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 01:40:58PM -0400, PJ wrote: >>> >>> What can be done to access a file system that seems to have the boot sector screwed up? > >

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-31 Thread Roland Smith
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 02:36:23PM -0400, PJ wrote: > Thanks for replying Roland, > I've been struggling with upgrading 7.0 to 7.2... it has taken a lot of > my time and I am still not happy. > Anyway... back to the messed up 7.1 installation. > I ran livefs 7.1 and chose option 6 (I think; it was

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-31 Thread PJ
Roland Smith wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 03:20:55PM -0400, PJ wrote: > >> Roland Smith wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 01:40:58PM -0400, PJ wrote: >>> >>> What can be done to access a file system that seems to have the boot sector screwed up? > >

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-31 Thread Jonathan McKeown
On Thursday 30 July 2009 23:14:39 PJ wrote: > > But isn't it strange that it used to be pretty simple to upgrade and > update. But recently, I notice that communication between the developers > and users (or is it the manual page writers) are getting far away from > the realities of user/operationa

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-30 Thread Roland Smith
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 03:20:55PM -0400, PJ wrote: > Roland Smith wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 01:40:58PM -0400, PJ wrote: > > > >> What can be done to access a file system that seems to have the boot > >> sector screwed up? I forgot to mention that your boot sector is fine. If it were s

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-30 Thread Tim Judd
On 7/30/09, PJ wrote: > Tim Judd wrote: >> On 7/30/09, PJ wrote: >> >>> What can be done to access a file system that seems to have the boot >>> sector screwed up? >>> The /usr files should be ok but how to access? >>> I get errors that the file system is full and I have no idea of how to >>> dea

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-30 Thread PJ
Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On Thursday, July 30, 2009 14:45:46 -0500 PJ > wrote: >> >> Mike, >> I am not particularly interested in becoming a guru on FreeBSD. I just >> want to be able to use it productively... by that I do not mean make >> money, but get something achieved in the way of programming

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-30 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Thursday, July 30, 2009 14:45:46 -0500 PJ wrote: Mike, I am not particularly interested in becoming a guru on FreeBSD. I just want to be able to use it productively... by that I do not mean make money, but get something achieved in the way of programming stuff for my own website etc. Havin

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-30 Thread PJ
Michael Powell wrote: > PJ wrote: > > >> What can be done to access a file system that seems to have the boot >> sector screwed up? >> > > Usually there are more than 1 file system present. The MBR will have no > bearing on any other than the one you need to boot from, and this is usually

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-30 Thread Michael Powell
PJ wrote: > What can be done to access a file system that seems to have the boot > sector screwed up? Usually there are more than 1 file system present. The MBR will have no bearing on any other than the one you need to boot from, and this is usually the "/" - aka "root". Having a screwed up MB

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-30 Thread PJ
Tim Judd wrote: > On 7/30/09, PJ wrote: > >> What can be done to access a file system that seems to have the boot >> sector screwed up? >> The /usr files should be ok but how to access? >> I get errors that the file system is full and I have no idea of how to >> deal with the boot up - the help

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-30 Thread PJ
Roland Smith wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 01:40:58PM -0400, PJ wrote: > >> What can be done to access a file system that seems to have the boot >> sector screwed up? >> > > Do you mean the filesystem's superblock? Or the slice table (partitions > in PC parlance) or the freebsd partition

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-30 Thread Roland Smith
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 01:40:58PM -0400, PJ wrote: > What can be done to access a file system that seems to have the boot > sector screwed up? Do you mean the filesystem's superblock? Or the slice table (partitions in PC parlance) or the freebsd partitions (disk labels)? Because the boot sector i

Re: how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-30 Thread Tim Judd
On 7/30/09, PJ wrote: > What can be done to access a file system that seems to have the boot > sector screwed up? > The /usr files should be ok but how to access? > I get errors that the file system is full and I have no idea of how to > deal with the boot up - the help message is no help! > Boot

how to boot or access problem file system

2009-07-30 Thread PJ
What can be done to access a file system that seems to have the boot sector screwed up? The /usr files should be ok but how to access? I get errors that the file system is full and I have no idea of how to deal with the boot up - the help message is no help! Boot says it cannot find a kernel... sur