From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 17 10:36:38 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85EB016A4CF for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 10:36:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from rocket.alienwebshop.com (rocket.alienwebshop.com [216.120.226.160]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BB8E43D54 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 10:36:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com) Received: from alienwebshop.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rocket.alienwebshop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 2A80FFECE for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:36:33 -0500 (EST) Received: from 63.109.229.13 (SquirrelMail authenticated user pete) by webmail.alienwebshop.com with HTTP; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 10:36:33 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <34582.63.109.229.13.1071686193.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 10:36:33 -0800 (PST) From: "Peter Leftwich" To: X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: 4.7-RELEASE bootable CD-R to replace files X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 18:36:38 -0000 Hello fellow BSD'ers! Happy holidays. I had 4.7-RELEASE on my box and then I accidentally deleted a file as root (I think it was /usr/lib/ld-elf.so.1 or .8) and now the system is not bootable anymore (I believe this affected many binaries such as /sbin/init and my tcsh shell)! Could someone please advise me about booting into this CD-R I have of 4.7-RELEASE and reinstalling (similar to upgrading, for which there is sparse information at www.freebsd.org)?? Do I just select "Label" from /stand/sysinstall (as fdisk information looks fine) and label the root mountpoint "/" then select bin, compat, libraries etc or will this possibly OVERWRITE a directory I currently have (mounted) such as /root/mydocuments/ ?? Thanks to anyone who can clarify this procedure. PS: Please reply CC: to my email address as well as the list. -- Peter Leftwich, President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039, USA http://Www.Video2Video.Com