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Date:      Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:00:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        BEAUPRE Antoine <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Splashed root: almost there!
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810161300040.28399-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.96.981013195336.26354C-100000@derby.jsp.umontreal.ca>

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On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, BEAUPRE Antoine wrote:

> I recently made the mistake of busting (newfs-ing) my root partition. I've
> been able to build the binaries necessaries to run the system, and /usr
> was not damaged. But now, for some obscure reason, the sysinstall program
> rnus on startup... THis is weird, I've rebuilded the kernel, and I can't
> do anything more than run the fixit floppy.

If /sbin/init is missing or damaged it'll fall back to /stand/sysinstall.
Boot -v and watch near the very end.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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