From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 18 03:23:12 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 B85EB16A4CE for ; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 03:23:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F09EE43D31 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 03:23:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) hBIBMKTA018276 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:23:05 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id hBIBMKHS018275; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:22:20 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:22:20 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: Peter Leftwich Message-ID: <20031218112220.GB18028@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Peter Leftwich , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <32941.66.122.244.188.1071743539.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="eJnRUKwClWJh1Khz" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <32941.66.122.244.188.1071743539.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.60 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: fixit.flp or fixit via "live filesystem" CD] 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: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:23:12 -0000 --eJnRUKwClWJh1Khz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 02:32:19AM -0800, Peter Leftwich wrote: > RE2: > http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/4-STABLE/installation/i386/trouble.html >=20 > The page above always makes a skirting blow or furtive glance at > what is possible with a fixit.flp (namely that /stand and > /mnt2/stand have some goodies) but without the use of the "ls" > binary command I am a fish driving a tricycle (that is, useless!) Try: echo * The fixit.flp image had to be severely pruned to get it down to 1.44Mb so it would fit on a floppy. You'll find you've got a functional shell, and that shell globbing and the shell built-ins will work fine: cd pwd echo exit etc. The pruning is so severe you don't get eg. 'cat' or 'more' -- to read the contents of a file, use: sed < filename There are also a bunch of crucial filesystem and network management commands that usually live in /sbin, but not much else. That's really only just enough to patch the system and copy necessary data from a remote machine sufficient to boot up to single user mode and not a lot else. Once you've got to single user you've got the whole command set of the OS to play with. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --eJnRUKwClWJh1Khz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/4Y3sdtESqEQa7a0RAo/mAJ49GbueAb9/CuUJ5BlGS/JkkScQcgCfZAc5 DmrBR7WHpWt6pr4W8+fPt0s= =Qkur -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --eJnRUKwClWJh1Khz--