Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 01:32:40 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: Matt Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: missing /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1 ... not found Message-ID: <20031227013142.N57387@rocket.alienwebshop.com> In-Reply-To: <20031227002844.P38379@rocket.alienwebshop.com> References: <20031223012430.S33599@rocket.alienwebshop.com> <20031227002844.P38379@rocket.alienwebshop.com>
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On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, Peter Leftwich wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Matt Emmerton wrote:
> > > (I am posting this because a search for the subject above in Google turned
> > > up not much... not much 'tall!)
> > >
> > > What should a user do if their, uhm, /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1 file is
> > > missing on 4.7-RELEASE? Can said user `touch /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1` as
> > > a decent fix? Or mount their drive from another OS and copy over a
> > > friend's or a web-hosted ld-elf.so.1 file? Or could I, I mean my friend,
> > > use some of the contents of "src/" on a 4.7-RELEASE CD-R to recreate (via
> > > compiling) this needed file?? Please help. It could be your gift to me.
> >
> > You could probably accomplish this by booting with a fixit disk and copying
> > over ld-elf.so.1 from a live CD (Disc 2 in the 4-disk set) to /usr/libexec.
> > Or you could install the drive in another FreeBSD box, mount /usr and copy
> > the file over. -Matt
>
> Thank you Matt and others. The trick of running `echo *` to accomplish a
> task similar to `ls` worked. Along with `pwd` and `echo *` I was able to
> poke my way around the 4.7-RELEASE CD-R and fixit shell ("Emergency
> Holographic Shell on VTY F4" accessible by Ctrl-Alt-F4).
>
> The problem I now have is that I would like to mount_msdos a regular floppy
> then copy ("cp" or "cpio?") a file from it called ld-elf.so.1 to the
> mounted partition which contains FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE on my hard disk.
>
> Typing just "mount" is not found. Oddly enough, typing "help" or "cd /bin"
> then "./help" says "Permission denied." I cannot locate a "mount" binary,
> however, I found "mount_nfs" and "mount_mfs" so would either of those work
> for mounting both an msdos floppy then my 4.7 partition? Then must I use
> cpio to copy "A:\ld-elf.so.1" over to the 4.7 partition??
>
> Thanks, I really appreciate it. When I am back online, I plan to make a
> donation to the freebsd foundation or whichever way that www.freebsd.org
> takes donations!!!
FYI - http://www.seabug.org/archive/1999-12/msg00136.html no help with mount!
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Peter Leftwich
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