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Date:      Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:40:38 -0800
From:      Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>
To:        Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Fixit cd for AMD64 on 6.2-RELEASE problem?
Message-ID:  <45E7F116.6090304@errno.com>
In-Reply-To: <006a01c75c04$f5c68080$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk>
References:  <006a01c75c04$f5c68080$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk>

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Steven Hartland wrote:
> I'm currently trying to use the Fixit cd on AMD64 ( 6.2 )
> and it appears it has issues. When trying to fsck a
> disk it reports:
> fsck: exec fsck_4.2bsd for XXXX in /sbin:/usr/sbin: No such file or
> directory
> 
> When looking on the mounted volumes for fsck_4.2bsd its
> located under:
> /dist/rescue/fsck_4.2bsd
> /dist/sbin/fsck_4.2bsd
> 
> Surely /dist/sbin and /dist/usr/sbin should be in the PATH
> by default?
> 
> Also it seems that fsck uses a hardcoded search path so
> setting PATH is not good enough, I had to create a symlink
> it into /sbin. With fsck being one of the common things
> people do with fixit would be nice if it just worked.
> 
> P.S. Not sure if this is limited to AMD64, I suspect not
> but thats what I was working on.

Sometime back I needed the fixit CD and hit various problems like this
(generated a 1/2 dozen items on my TODO list not all of which have been
crossed off yet).  This stuff gets precious little testing and could use
a champion to help improve it.  Seems like a chore most anyone could
help with...

	Sam




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