From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 11 21:39:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA13270 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 21:39:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.vcr.istar.ca (mail.vcr.iSTAR.ca [204.191.152.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA13264 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 21:39:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pme01.sunshine.net [204.191.205.1] by mail.vcr.istar.ca with smtp (Exim 1.58 #2) id 0wFua0-0005Cg-00; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 21:38:25 -0700 X-Sender: sn1020@sunshine.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net (Kevin Eliuk) Subject: Ghosts In The Machine Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Message-Id: Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 21:38:25 -0700 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I was upgrading to 2.2.1 release from 2.1.7 release and on two occassions I had strange failures :-? On both occasions I was forced to shutdown and boot /kernel.prev in order to replace my /etc dir. . After login: root I recieved some mighty strange messages. One was about bed time stories that nightmares are made of ( I guess that was appropriate) the other was a paragraph about someone running out of jokes and that I may as well go home ( I never take my pc anywhere). I hope these are intentional as I don't know because after what I thought was good third attempt I am not able to login :-( I have used the fixit floppy to mv etc etc2.2.1 and replace it with my original /etc. Still no luck loggin in with either root or my regular passwd 's. Help if you can, if not I will do a complete re - install next week. thanx c D n O a i n P 't