Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 21:24:14 -0600 From: Robert <rjl@imine.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: [Fwd: Help: Can't reboot FreeBSD 2.2.5 machine] Message-ID: <3590715E.81280100@imine.net>
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Robert wrote: > > Thomas Dean wrote: > > > > Have you deleted files or changed permissions in /bin? > > > > Try to boot into single user mode. At the boot prompt, enter -s. If > > you get a "can't find /bin/sh" error, try booting again in single user > > mode and entering /bin/csh at the prompt for the shell. > > > > Then, mount the disks with 'mount -a' and look at the /bin directory. > > 'ls -l /bin' should show you sh and csh with permissions 555 > > (-r-xr-xr-x), owner bin and group bin. > > Thomas, > > Thank! You! very much for this info. I am in single user mode now and > when I look at /bin I see csh as you say, but sh is a symlink to a > non-existant dir. There is a sh.old which is as you say except that the > owner is root. The system will not let me change the owner or unlink the > sh file link. Says commands not found, unlink and chown > > I think if I can get rid of the link and change the name of the sh.old I > could get back up and running. Any thoughts? Thanks! > > r. > > -- > Robert J. LeClaire -- InfoMine of the Rockies, Inc. > Voice: 406.449.4110 -- FAX: 406.449.5160 > mailto:staff@imine.net -- http://www.imine.net -- Robert J. LeClaire -- InfoMine of the Rockies, Inc. Voice: 406.449.4110 -- FAX: 406.449.5160 mailto:staff@imine.net -- http://www.imine.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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