From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 6 08:09:51 2004 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 771DF16A4CE for ; Thu, 6 May 2004 08:09:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.webtent.net (hermes.webtent.net [192.216.106.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E470643D53 for ; Thu, 6 May 2004 08:09:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from robert@webtent.com) Received: from [192.168.1.11] (webtent.org [198.79.127.235]) by hermes.webtent.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id i46F9gH30376; Thu, 6 May 2004 11:09:42 -0400 From: Robert Fitzpatrick To: Christian Hiris <4711@chello.at> In-Reply-To: <200405061621.21825.4711@chello.at> References: <1083849004.7329.5.camel@columbus> <200405061621.21825.4711@chello.at> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: WebTent Networking, Inc. Message-Id: <1083856237.7321.180.camel@columbus> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 11:10:38 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Restoring system files from 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, 06 May 2004 15:09:51 -0000 On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 10:21, Christian Hiris wrote: > Insert the 5.2.1-RELEASE CD-ROM and boot into the installation menu. > Then select the 'Fixit' option from the install menu. > Next select option 2 CDROM/DVD (you need the 5.2.1-RELEASE-i386-disc2.iso > handy or download it from a freebsd ftp server). > The fixit shell starts on terminal 4, where you can fsck and mount your > damaged filesystem. cd to /dist, there you may find the files you are looking > for. I would hate for something to go wrong with my production server. Do you think it is OK to just load the same version of FreeBSD on another machine and then copy over the files I need? I made a mistake installing the Heimdal port into /usr instead of the default /usr/local and then when I realized it, I did a deinstall and it took out Kerberized files like ftpd, su, login, etc. from /usr/bin that it had replaced. I have the list of files in the ports distfiles and just need to get them back. -- Robert