From owner-freebsd-current Sat Oct 2 16:48:29 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from arnold.neland.dk (mail.neland.dk [194.255.12.232]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6E8514F6F for ; Sat, 2 Oct 1999 16:48:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from leifn@neland.dk) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arnold.neland.dk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA95247; Sun, 3 Oct 1999 01:48:14 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from leifn@neland.dk) Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 01:48:12 +0200 (CEST) From: Leif Neland To: Matthew Dillon Cc: Bernd Walter , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /bin/sh Exec format error In-Reply-To: <199910022030.NAA51817@apollo.backplane.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 2 Oct 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > :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? > : > > 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). > /bin/csh: Exec format error So now I'll try fixit.flp, and I also have ordered a machine at work to download an ISO of the install-cd. It should be ready monday... Leif To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message