Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:09:05 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" <ewh2048@rit.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Base System Rebuild Message-ID: <20131210170905.1dfb9fd7@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFRryZhTbbb8ZFBXX3HPvFSCDz16P9be0nd2Y%2B8T_vNxk-9tag@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFRryZg9GwSWLB3ytdpmVgrfnp4T0i6b0sgCJh9xuEdOic-Dng@mail.gmail.com> <20131210161620.667c1591@X220.alogt.com> <CAFRryZgTHHJrkg2iU9FWinjKhWZbUGtqANK-G7nxLQ3fGn0s_g@mail.gmail.com> <20131210162820.6834d51b@X220.alogt.com> <CAFRryZhTbbb8ZFBXX3HPvFSCDz16P9be0nd2Y%2B8T_vNxk-9tag@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:34:28 -0800 "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" <ewh2048@rit.edu> wrote: > http://pastebin.com/LcCXcjq6 > > Not sure if I am making a newb mistake. This would be my first > worldbuild. > just compiling the kernel and the world does not install anything on the system. With other words, there is not chance to destroy it except the file system is already damaged. But this would be a totally different problem then. It seems to me that there are some files missing from your include directory. Try to install a fresh 9.2 locally and compare to see what is really missing. It also could be that just a path is set the wrong way. Are you able to run a fsck on the machine? This should be done normally during the start-up of the machine. > I confirmed I was on the 9.2 source tree. What is uname -a saying? You might be able to re-install the same version of it then. This will avoid certain potential problems for you. Do you know what hardware you are using? If so, check the Internet for potential problems with it. Erich > > Ethan House > > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:28 AM, Erich Dollansky < > erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:21:32 -0800 > > "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" <ewh2048@rit.edu> wrote: > > > > > I have a working root shell. sshd still seems to work fine, for > > > now atleast. > > > > so, download the sources. Isn't 9.2 also the current version of the > > 9 branch? If not, download the 9.2 release sources and compile them. > > > > It should always work out to download and compile the sources. If > > the version is identical, you should not need the mergemaster step > > but this could also create other problems. Root should always work > > afterwards. At least it did for me. > > > > Erich > > > > > > Ethan House > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Erich Dollansky < > > > erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote: > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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" > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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