Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:37:21 -0800 From: "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" <ewh2048@rit.edu> To: Olivier Nicole <olivier.nicole@cs.ait.ac.th> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Base System Rebuild Message-ID: <CAFRryZhnhYr72gkvUystb4MDiStZdToSN-gii336xa4qb-K6bQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2Bg%2BBvghX-SRnPCPTuiisbZdmofVTvXNRZDUMjq9oLhMfsnKrg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFRryZg9GwSWLB3ytdpmVgrfnp4T0i6b0sgCJh9xuEdOic-Dng@mail.gmail.com> <20131210161620.667c1591@X220.alogt.com> <CA%2Bg%2BBvghX-SRnPCPTuiisbZdmofVTvXNRZDUMjq9oLhMfsnKrg@mail.gmail.com>
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Good idea. I'll start doing that right now. Thanks, Ethan House On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:34 AM, Olivier Nicole < olivier.nicole@cs.ait.ac.th> wrote: > Hi, > > >> I inherited a FreeBSD 9.2 machine in pretty bad shape. The base system > >> seems to be all out of whack with missing libraries all over the > >> place. A reinstall of the OS is not an option as I am many states > >> away from the box in question. Having no idea what caused this what > >> is the best way to fix this? > > > > how can you connect to the machine? > > > > If you have any chance to copy files to it as root, I would build a > > 9.2-system on a machine at hand and then copy the files to the affected > > machine until a normal log-in is possible. > > I would first use the open connection to make a copy of your remote > system onto a local temporary machine. Then you have something that > you can play with, break, restart, etc. until you have found the > correct solution to repair it. Only then apply that solution to your > remote machine. > > You may have only one shot at repairing it, better you have validated > your options first. > > Best regards, > > Olivier > > > > It should then be possible to download the 9.2 sources and compile a > > new system locally. > > > > Erich > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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