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Date:      Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:55:54 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        "Kent Hauser" <kent@khauser.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Fixit / LiveFS problems (AMD64)
Message-ID:  <44y74vkpx1.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <6004effe0806230224v56db42d1r4414db5ca2471cb3@mail.gmail.com> (Kent Hauser's message of "Sun\, 22 Jun 2008 23\:24\:15 -1000")
References:  <6004effe0806230224v56db42d1r4414db5ca2471cb3@mail.gmail.com>

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"Kent Hauser" <kent@khauser.net> writes:

> I recently rebuild a 7-STABLE which refused to boot & then ran into some
> problems trying to recover.
>
> 1) After escaping to the loader prompt, I could only enter a couple of
> characters (eg 2) before the machine hung. Not enough for the "unload /
> load" dance.
>
> 2) After booting from the downloaded 7-RELEASE install ISO (AMD64), I find
> the emergency shell doesn't have mount_ufs, just mount_nfs. Also, no /rescue
> directory. I don't know if this is by design, but how does one mount root or
> any other local disk partition?

mount(8) 

> 3) After downloading & burning the 7-RELEASE LiveFS ISO (AMD64), I find
> fixit told me ld.so-hints could not be created & dynamicly linked programs
> wouldn't run -- and they didn't.

I'm not sure, but shouldn't that get built every boot time?

> 4) So I reinstalled, only newfs'ing /root & pulled the appropriate files
> from a backup.
>
> What am I missing?

Other than the fact that there isn't any mount_ufs, you seem to be okay.




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