Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:12:59 -0800 From: Beech Rintoul <beech@mangohealth.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: =?iso-8859-1?q?G=FCnther_Darwin?= <infernal_crackwhore@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Init can't exec /bin/sh for /etc/rc Message-ID: <200604141113.12676.beech@mangohealth.org> In-Reply-To: <BAY7-F216A80CE64928CD725C4E99AC00@phx.gbl> References: <BAY7-F216A80CE64928CD725C4E99AC00@phx.gbl>
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--nextPart9253774.sC0vA2bFjb Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Friday 14 April 2006 10:39, G=FCnther Darwin wrote: > Hi, I was running the buildkernel command when the computer suddenly froze > and the only option i had was a 'hard reset' unfortunatley it wasn't all > trouble free this time. When i try to start FreeBSD > I get the message: Init can't exec /bin/sh for /etc/rc Exec format error. > > I have tried to boot into Multiuser mode, with this error message > i have tried to boot into singeuser mode, with the same error message > i have tried to boot into failsafe mode with the same error message > i have tried to clean all my partions with fsck -y (in Fixit# mode), with > the same error message > i have checked that sh is where it's supposed to be (ls /bin/sh) > i have tried smashing my head against the wall with the same error message You do have backups, don't you? You could try a binary upgrade. Other than that you're looking at doing a=20 restore. Beech =2D-=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - beech@mangohealth.org /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Mangohealth \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - XanGo - http://www.mangohealth.org =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- --nextPart9253774.sC0vA2bFjb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBEP/RI2TFLCHYGSF0RAqngAJ9/UOaKBEiBHC5RcWEtqvHrhT8YWACfYY0T aUF695ohLwZEweJe770qX6c= =LzA9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart9253774.sC0vA2bFjb--
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