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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!viper.inow.com!ns1.aplatform.com!newsfeed1.aimnet.com!nntp04.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!battery.awod.com!usenet From: lam@awod.com (Ken Lam) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Lost /boot, /bsd and /bsd.orig files - Please Help! Date: 22 Aug 1996 02:28:53 GMT Organization: Integrated Technical Systems Lines: 40 Message-ID: <4vggl5$2qb@battery.awod.com> References: <321A568D.CC1@themutualgroup.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: chsx002.awod.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 In article <321A568D.CC1@themutualgroup.com>, nathan.lodoen@themutualgroup.com says... > >We have accidentally removed (good old rm command!) the /boot, /bsd, >/bsd.orig and /devfd files from the root of our system (BSDI V2.0 running >on Intel platform). While the system is still running we're going to have >big problems when it eventually goes down. Is there anywhere we can get >these files? I can't go to BSDI directly as the entire system is provide >by our ISP and thus we didn't purchase the OS ourself. Our ISP is >looking into what they can do but I though someone here could provide the >files quicker. Are these files specific to a particular installation or >are they the same for all V2.0 hosts? I'm just wondering if it's as >simple as getting someone running V2.0 to send them to me? Any >assistance would be greatly appreciated. > >Nathan Lodoen >nathan.lodoen@themutualgroup.com Hmmm... sounds like restoring from a backup is the solution. Well, you can pull most of those off the CDROM if I recall correctly. YUP.. just mounted the CD, that's where they are. I would assume similarly for the Tape distribution. Your ISP should definitely be able to help -- they should have the distribution CD or TAPE. If they provided the system, perhaps they made some backups. ]-k -- --- Ken Lam lam@awod.com Integrated Technical Systems Systems, Networks, and Internet Solutions -- Defining Technology Today "'Plug and Play' was only applicable to the original ATARI(tm)"