From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 15 09:43:10 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@FreeBSD.org 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 24EB716A41F for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:43:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from work@ashleymoran.me.uk) Received: from mta07-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (mta07-winn.ispmail.ntl.com [81.103.221.47]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3218543D46 for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:43:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from work@ashleymoran.me.uk) Received: from aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.35]) by mta07-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20050915094308.OPBH21883.mta07-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com> for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:43:08 +0100 Received: from jigsaw-sbs02.jigsawhq.com ([213.106.224.113]) by aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20050915094307.TXYK24380.aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@jigsaw-sbs02.jigsawhq.com> for ; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:43:07 +0100 X-Filtered-With-Copfilter: Version 0.1.0beta11 (ProxSMTP 1.2.1) X-Copfilter-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.86.2/1082 - Wed Sep 14 16:22:17 2005 X-Copfilter: Client is part of our network, skipped SpamAssassin Received: from [192.168.0.181] ([192.168.0.181]) by jigsaw-sbs02.jigsawhq.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:42:06 +0100 Message-ID: <432941EE.9030201@ashleymoran.me.uk> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:42:06 +0100 From: Ashley Moran User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Julien FOURNIER References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Sep 2005 09:42:06.0894 (UTC) FILETIME=[BC5954E0:01C5B9D9] Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Problem at first boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:43:10 -0000 Julien FOURNIER wrote: > "Can't exec /bin/sh fot /etc/rc : No such File or directory. > Enter full path of Shell or type Enter for /bin/sh" > > If I type Enter, the system tells me that the file can't be found...I > don't know how to do!!! > > I have installed the system as following : Standard installation > > * / =>1GB > * /etc =>1GB > * /bin =>1GB > * /dev =>1GB > * swap partition =>2GB > * /var =>6GB > > > Did I make an error while installing, or is there a simple solution to > solve my (very very !!!) big problem?? > > Thanks a lot... > > ---------- > Julien Fournier Julien I'm no expert on the boot process of FreeBSD but the problem appears to be that your /bin partition has not been mounted. Normally /bin lives in the same partition as / as it contains essential binaries. Normally you could run # mount -a Which will mount all filesystems in /etc/fstab, but because your /etc is on a different partition, presumably it is not already mounted. You have a catch-22. Maybe there is a clever use of the mount command to get the filesystem up (if you know the partition layout) but I suggest you re-install and put /etc, /bin and /dev on the / partition. /var should have its own partition so this is ok. Run the following for a good overview of the filesystem: # man hier Regards Ashley