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Date:      Fri, 22 Mar 1996 08:49:40 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        xiyuan@npc.haplink.co.cn (xiyuan qian)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org, steve@cioeserv.cioe.com
Subject:   Re: Can't reboot the host
Message-ID:  <199603212219.IAA13652@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199603211658.QAA07900@npc.haplink.co.cn> from "xiyuan qian" at Mar 21, 96 04:58:16 pm

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xiyuan qian stands accused of saying:
> 
> Hi, when I changed the 4DX66 cpu with a P586 in my host, I can't
> restart it, give the following mesages following on the usual booting
> messages:

> Mar. 21 16:48:16 init: can't exec /bin/sh for /etc/rc; No such file or directory
>Mar. 21 16:48:46 init: /etc/spwd.db: No such file or directory
> Enter pathname of sh or press RETURN for sh:
> 
> When I press return, the error message repeated. How can I solve it? Help!

Put the 486 back in.  Your motherboard can't handle the 586; without knowing
more about the board and your hardware it's impossible to know why.

> --xiyuan

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