Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:01:55 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Chris.Shenton@hq.nasa.gov Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recovery? recent "make world" rendered system unusable (64 bit change) Message-ID: <20031118.100155.113772241.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <86islhoc35.fsf@Palimpsest.saic.hq.nasa.gov> References: <86islhoc35.fsf@Palimpsest.saic.hq.nasa.gov>
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Chris Shenton <Chris.Shenton@hq.nasa.gov> writes:
: I'm looking for recommendations on how to recover, hopefully without
: trashing my critical system files like /etc/passwd. Ideally, I guess
: I'd like a way to replace all the broken binaries and any related
: libraries without overwriting other files.
Grab a recent snapshot. Boot off of that with the fixit
functionality. Fix things. Chances are good that you'll be able to
build a new kernel with the kernel that you booted...
Warner
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