From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 22 07:36:39 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62E8A106566C for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:36:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swhetzel@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f44.google.com (mail-bw0-f44.google.com [209.85.214.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E37728FC12 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:36:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz13 with SMTP id 13so3172721bwz.17 for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:36:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=A2a5b4ivlOtT9r4kFT2EatOfOQVSOasTFdtB1xsvmPY=; b=v1KqUwqrodztmHPxU2r7dSHtaXgvbhWEMQgjzUG9EwqBHCX4924SZjCNUKN7TKQ4yt 8OEDfbtMgGn9FafXoEe10Uc5DRKyzJgHBT5/RPVYktpYBqnbI7x7wUmfjor8yorPXIfT 68Q/qXl72UHKg97HHzpzMwXKAE5u/l6+ImaUA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=JBtxzankQR7zUH6fhI0tMZGVwczkHqEihUJqXnndXNRuzlvpAvTi+H/DrmRSoL6/yQ nDr39AGA8cmU+NJyJpdweKdKdWwp+bf/fIXadsqR4ud/AoX5Mb3UvYpbnZx4y+fHZ7/S 0RCcb3S4BvUtj2kq5c7m5SnTT+mAOziKwOPmg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.59.16 with SMTP id j16mr2208699bkh.138.1298360197406; Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:36:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.7.15 with HTTP; Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:36:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <858871272.959687.1298344585156.JavaMail.root@sz0078a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net> References: <328879293.959596.1298344492387.JavaMail.root@sz0078a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net> <858871272.959687.1298344585156.JavaMail.root@sz0078a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:36:37 -0600 Message-ID: From: Scot Hetzel To: David J Brooks Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: system crash during make installworld X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:36:39 -0000 On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 9:16 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > Next I made a copy of the 8.2-RC# install disk and tried to do an upgrade in place. It was unable to backup /etc to /var/tmp/etc due to: > > > > ELF interpreter /libexec/ld-elf.so.1 not found > Abort trap > > > .. again. This happens pretty much anytime I try to execute a command that does not come from /rescue > > > I really rather not do a clean install and lose all my configuration data, but it's increasingly looking like that may be my only option. > To copy your /etc directory to /var/tmp use: /rescue/cp -rp /etc /var/tmp Scot