From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 2 19:32:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37F7916A4CE; Sun, 2 May 2004 19:32:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F078043D46; Sun, 2 May 2004 19:32:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (867266af96dc192d175981d96ed397f0@adsl-67-115-73-128.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [67.115.73.128])i432W84a006902; Sun, 2 May 2004 21:32:08 -0500 (CDT) Received: from rot26.obsecurity.org (rot26.obsecurity.org [10.0.0.6]) by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C21A7528E1; Sun, 2 May 2004 19:32:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from obsecurity.org (rot26.obsecurity.org [10.0.0.6]) by rot26.obsecurity.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6155C267; Sun, 2 May 2004 19:33:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4095AF71.6080906@obsecurity.org> Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 19:33:21 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (X11/20040502) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joshua Boyd References: <27069625$1083545780409598b48f99f4.24297031@config22.schlund.de> <20040503013317.GA70955@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4095A795.8070108@adelphia.net> In-Reply-To: <4095A795.8070108@adelphia.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: haig@sylac.de cc: Steve Kargl cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: missing libncurses.so.5 and other lib* X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 02:32:11 -0000 Joshua Boyd wrote: >> If you have a /rescue directory (which you should), then >> boot into single user mode and specify /rescue/sh as your >> shell. Next, mount your filesystems with /rescue/mount >> and restore the missing libraries from your backup tapes. >> >> >> > Yes, I'm sure that he has backup tapes for his laptop. *rolls eyes* You mean you don't back up the contents of your laptop that runs -CURRENT? You must like living dangerously and/or spending lots of time recovering from errors. Kris