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Date:      Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:12:59 -0800
From:      Beech Rintoul <beech@mangohealth.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        =?iso-8859-1?q?G=FCnther_Darwin?= <infernal_crackwhore@hotmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Init can't exec /bin/sh for /etc/rc
Message-ID:  <200604141113.12676.beech@mangohealth.org>
In-Reply-To: <BAY7-F216A80CE64928CD725C4E99AC00@phx.gbl>
References:  <BAY7-F216A80CE64928CD725C4E99AC00@phx.gbl>

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On Friday 14 April 2006 10:39, G=FCnther Darwin wrote:
> Hi, I was running the buildkernel command when the computer suddenly froze
> and the only option i had was a 'hard reset' unfortunatley it wasn't all
> trouble free this time. When i try to start FreeBSD
> I get the message: Init can't exec /bin/sh for /etc/rc Exec format error.
>
> I have tried to boot into Multiuser mode, with this error message
> i have tried to boot into singeuser mode, with the same error message
> i have tried to boot into failsafe mode with the same error message
> i have tried to clean all my partions with fsck -y (in Fixit# mode), with
> the same error message
> i have checked that sh is where it's supposed to be (ls /bin/sh)
> i have tried smashing my head against the wall with the same error message

You do have backups, don't you?

You could try a binary upgrade. Other than that you're looking at doing a=20
restore.

Beech

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