From owner-freebsd-current Sat Oct 2 13:30:55 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [216.240.41.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CE9C15392 for ; Sat, 2 Oct 1999 13:30:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id NAA51817; Sat, 2 Oct 1999 13:30:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 13:30:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <199910022030.NAA51817@apollo.backplane.com> To: Bernd Walter Cc: Leif Neland , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /bin/sh Exec format error References: <003401bf0cce$75665420$0e00a8c0@neland.dk> <19991002214147.A92132@cicely8.cicely.de> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG :On Sat, Oct 02, 1999 at 02:05:37PM +0200, Leif Neland wrote: :> Now system is hosed: it fails in rc.init (thereabout), because it claims /bin/sh: Exec format error. :> I can't enter single user mode either for same reason. : :What about using /bin/csh for single user mode? : :-- :B.Walter COSMO-Project http://www.cosmo-project.de :ticso@cicely.de Usergroup info@cosmo-project.de Also, when all else fails try booting from a FreeBSD CD. Altneratively it may be possible to boot the normal kernel and use a FreeBSD CD as root by typing 'boot /kernel -C' (or -c, I forget which). -Matt Matthew Dillon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message