Re: Is any documents about freebsd Fix-it CD (disc2)?
On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 04:46:22PM +0800, joshua yu wrote: > i found that there is a FIX-it CD with freebsd. but no documents found about it. is > there any documents about it and tech me how to use it? > thanks for your help. The Fix-it CD (or floppy disk for that matter) is basically a self contained FreeBSD system-on-a-CD. When you boot it up, it leaves you in what is essentially a single user shell. Now, if you have plenty of unix knowledge this gives you everything you need in order to fix just about any problem (beyond hardware failure) that can prevent a system booting up to single user mode itself. Unfortunately, if you don't know your way around fsck(8), fdisk(8), bsdlabel(8), newfs(8), mount(8) and various other commands from section 8 of the manual, then you're not going to have a very pleasant experience with the Fix-it disk. Learn the nitty-gritty low-level parts of administering FreeBSD, and you'll get everything you need to use the Fix-it disk effectively. There's plenty of documentation on that sort of thing: from the handbook and the system manual pages to several published books and all manner of on-line resources. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK pgpqSh8iIFKVE.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Is any documents about freebsd Fix-it CD (disc2)?
A fixit Cd is a special media which contains a LIVE FreeBSD filesystem. If your system refuses to boot due to some reason, then you can use the fixit CD to boot into the system and fix it. For using the FIXIT CD, boot from the regular CDROM (ie the first cd) and select to repair the installation. When it asks for a Fixit media then you need to replace the regular installation CDROM with the Fixit media and fix the system. Regards S. On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:46:22 +0800 (CST), joshua yu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, all: > i found that there is a FIX-it CD with freebsd. but no documents found about it. is > there any documents about it and tech me how to use it? > thanks for your help. > > -- > Joshua Yu > MSN: joshuayuAThotmail.com > YAHOO MESSENGER: cigant > > - > Do You Yahoo!? > 150äæMP3ççæïåæéåéäæå > çåææåæåæïæéçåãèååéå > 1Gåæ1000åïéèçéèåæåï > ___ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > -- Subhro Sankha Kar School of Information Technology Block AQ-13/1 Sector V ZIP 700091 India ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
