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Date:      Sun, 11 Oct 1998 22:32:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
To:        BEAUPRE Antoine <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: 2nd stupidiest thing I could ever do.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810112228430.2942-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.96.981011211454.3347A-100000@derby.jsp.umontreal.ca>

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On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, BEAUPRE Antoine wrote:

>Hmmm. I tried the install floppy and the only shell I was able to have was
>the "emergency holographic shell". But maybe the fixit floppy should have
>these kinda tools. Maybe someone could send me some binaries? My system
>is a 227Release. If so, what should/could be included in the panic floppy?
>
>(my try:
>-ppp

If you have the source then ppp is not needed.

>-mount

It is on the fixit.flp

>-ls

This too.

>-sh?

This too.

>-cc/gcc

Dont know.

>-make?

Dont know.

>But the make world was fast enough... :)
> 
>> Maybe I am stretching, but you should be able to get that partition back
>> without clobbering the others. If you can get the right compile tools you
>> can pull off a 'make world' to reinstall.
>
>What exactly will I need?

I am not sure of the minimum as I am no real hacker. For starters youwill
need cc and make. Maybe "ld". I am not certain how dependent a barely
bootable system is on libraries. I am out of my depth.

Catchya Later,		|	UW Mechanical Engineering
Jason Wells		|	http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/


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