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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uchinews!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!acara.snsnet.net!polo.iquest.com!woot.drbob.com!root From: root@drbob.com (root) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Booting FreeBSD Date: 5 May 1995 17:03:25 GMT Organization: Dr. Bob's Game Network Lines: 11 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3odlot$s@polo.iquest.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: woot.drbob.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Okay I can get FreeBSD 2.0R to boot most of the way but it stops at the npx0 probe. The whole system was working fine till the /bin/ directory and various parts of /dev were destroyed yesterday. I have managed to get the fixit floppy booted up and used the shell to recreate the /bin directory /dev directories with some backups I had. However, even after I have put the /bin directory back and created most of the /dev entries the kernel just locks up after the npx0 probe upon booting. If I try to do a -s boot I never get asked about a root shell. If you must send email then please send it to matt@iag.org. Thanks for any responses to this problem.