Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:40:32 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mark W. Krentel" <krentel@dreamscape.com> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Live file system CD on 3.2-R? Message-ID: <199906150240.WAA00331@dreamscape.com>
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> When I try to use the Live File System CD (CD two in the four CD set) from > 3.2-RELEASE it informs me that this CD is for the Alpha platform, not the > x86 platform. Yes, this happens to me too. As a workaround, I was able to mount and use /usr on CD #2 as follows. I booted from CD #2, chose Fixit, and then the fixit floppy (previously dd'd, of course). Then, from the Fixit console (ALT-F4), I ran: # cd / # mkdir cdrom # mount_cd9660 /dev/cd0c /cdrom # mv usr usr.old # ln -s /cdrom/usr usr Then I had access to /usr/bin and /usr/sbin on the CD (conveniently, those directories were already on root's PATH). I was able to mount / from my hard disk and use vi to edit /etc/fstab. Note that vi is a dynamically linked ELF binary, so this confirms /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1 was in the proper place. So, it is possible to use the tools on CD #2 in Fixit mode, although the process is not nearly as convenient as it should have been. P.S. Would it be possible to put a few key ports on /usr/local on the live filesystem? A decent shell (bash, tcsh, pdksh) would be nice. --Mark Krentel To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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