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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!news.PBI.net!news.mathworks.com!hunter.premier.net!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Chew *crunch* help help!! Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 19:13:02 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 31 Message-ID: <3201642E.3D7C@www.play-hookey.com> References: <4toogd$f9m@fan.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) Hamish MacGregor wrote: > > Fairly-clueless-newbie-question, please help! > > I really really need instructions on how to either: > 1) Make a boot floppy for FreeBSD > 2) Boot up in single-user mode > > Someone has accidentally (or intentionally) deleted files so that no > one can log in... not even root. I have a tape backup, but I can't log > in to restore it!! Please help! > > Hamish MacGregor > buckaroo@netbenefits.com.au In the distribution, look for /tools/rawrite.exe and /floppies/boot.flp rawrite is a DOS program which will copy the boot.flp image file onto a formatted floppy disk, either 1.2 MB or 1.44 MB. (I'm thinking of the 2.1R distribution; it's probably the same for 2.1.5, but I haven't had a chance to look yet.) 2.1R also has a fixit.flp image which is used for assorted repair operations. 2.1.5 will either have it or not need it. I hope this helps! -- Ken Are you interested in | byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com over the Internet? |