> well, i have another drive. would i be able to install NetBSD on that drive
> (base121, etc121, netbsd121, whatever else) and fsck the /dev/sd* i'd see
> as being this drive? i really would like to not lose the information on
> that drive, considering it has /root /home and /etc :-\
> 
	That sounds like the best bet. You should be able to get away with
	just the base121 and the kernel, then boot it single user.

> can the inodes be so f**ed up that the disk would not be able to be fsck'ed
> from another disk? :-\

	Its _possible_, but hopefully not happened in this case :)