Yesterday, for the first time since I started with FreeBSD back when it was v1.something, I hung a system (my server!!) so completely that I had to deadstart.
By the look of it, in trying to move some files around to free up some space I didn't do my sums right andfragmented grossly corrupted and nonsensical, with bits of files and subtrees all over the place. Realistically there's probably no chance of piecing them back together in less than geologic time, though most of them from their last-mod date were system files.
I don't know how much functionality is left, so my question might be moot: should I try to do an upgrade over the net in hope of salvaging as much as possible, or just bite the proverbial bullet and reinstall from an iso?
By the look of it, in trying to move some files around to free up some space I didn't do my sums right and
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may have tried to write past the end of the disc. That's only a guess, but when I rebooted I found that part of the root filesystem was I don't know how much functionality is left, so my question might be moot: should I try to do an upgrade over the net in hope of salvaging as much as possible, or just bite the proverbial bullet and reinstall from an iso?