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Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 04:01:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: BEAUPRE Antoine <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA>
To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
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Subject: Re: 2nd stupidiest thing I could ever do.
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On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Jason C. Wells wrote:

> 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?

I checked on the fixit.flp...

> >(my try:
> >-ppp
> 
> If you have the source then ppp is not needed.

On the fixit. But I'm not able to run it from the fixit shell.
 
> >-mount
> 
> It is on the fixit.flp
Indeed, But I can't seem to mount the filesystems I want...
 
> >-cc/gcc
> 
> Dont know.

Not!

> >-make?
> 
> Dont know.

Not!

> >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.

But what exactly is needed? I have a shell on the fixit, I have also a
kernel there. So what else should I need? If I can manage to mount /usr,
the compile tools will be there,and I'll be good for the /etc
reconsrtuction!

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

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