Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 17:27:10 -0400 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=FCnther_Darwin?= <infernal_crackwhore@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Init can't exec /bin/sh for /etc/rc Message-ID: <p06230926c065c19b926a@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <BAY7-F216A80CE64928CD725C4E99AC00@phx.gbl> References: <BAY7-F216A80CE64928CD725C4E99AC00@phx.gbl>
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At 8:39 PM +0200 4/14/06, G=FCnther Darwin wrote: >Hi, I was running the buildkernel command when=20 >the computer suddenly froze and the only option=20 >i had was a 'hard reset' unfortunatley it wasn't=20 >all trouble free this time. When i try to start=20 >FreeBSD >I get the message: Init can't exec /bin/sh for /etc/rc Exec format error. > >I have tried to boot into Multiuser mode, with this error message >i have tried to boot into singeuser mode, with the same error message When going into single-user mode, is there some other copy of 'sh' that you could start off with? It will ask you before starting the shell. One likely candidate would be in /rescue/sh -- Garance Alistair Drosehn =3D gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu
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