From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jun 14 19:40:52 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from chrome.dreamscape.com (chrome.dreamscape.com [206.64.128.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 681EA14E4B for ; Mon, 14 Jun 1999 19:40:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from krentel@dreamscape.com) Received: from europa.dreamscape.com (europa.dreamscape.com [206.64.128.147]) by chrome.dreamscape.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id WAA11594 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:40:44 -0400 (EDT) X-Dreamscape-Track-Chrome-A: europa.dreamscape.com [206.64.128.147] X-Dreamscape-Track-Chrome-B: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:40:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dreamscape.com (sa7-p15.dreamscape.com [209.4.228.143]) by europa.dreamscape.com (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP id WAA16970 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:40:41 -0400 (EDT) X-Dreamscape-Track-A: sa7-p15.dreamscape.com [209.4.228.143] X-Dreamscape-Track-B: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:40:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from krentel@localhost) by dreamscape.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA00331 for freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:40:32 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from krentel) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:40:32 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mark W. Krentel" Message-Id: <199906150240.WAA00331@dreamscape.com> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Live file system CD on 3.2-R? Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > When I try to use the Live File System CD (CD two in the four CD set) from > 3.2-RELEASE it informs me that this CD is for the Alpha platform, not the > x86 platform. Yes, this happens to me too. As a workaround, I was able to mount and use /usr on CD #2 as follows. I booted from CD #2, chose Fixit, and then the fixit floppy (previously dd'd, of course). Then, from the Fixit console (ALT-F4), I ran: # cd / # mkdir cdrom # mount_cd9660 /dev/cd0c /cdrom # mv usr usr.old # ln -s /cdrom/usr usr Then I had access to /usr/bin and /usr/sbin on the CD (conveniently, those directories were already on root's PATH). I was able to mount / from my hard disk and use vi to edit /etc/fstab. Note that vi is a dynamically linked ELF binary, so this confirms /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1 was in the proper place. So, it is possible to use the tools on CD #2 in Fixit mode, although the process is not nearly as convenient as it should have been. P.S. Would it be possible to put a few key ports on /usr/local on the live filesystem? A decent shell (bash, tcsh, pdksh) would be nice. --Mark Krentel To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message