Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:16:20 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: Ethan House <ewh2048@rit.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Base System Rebuild Message-ID: <20131210161620.667c1591@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFRryZg9GwSWLB3ytdpmVgrfnp4T0i6b0sgCJh9xuEdOic-Dng@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFRryZg9GwSWLB3ytdpmVgrfnp4T0i6b0sgCJh9xuEdOic-Dng@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, On Mon, 09 Dec 2013 23:57:53 -0800 Ethan House <ewh2048@rit.edu> wrote: > 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. It should then be possible to download the 9.2 sources and compile a new system locally. Erich
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