Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 19:49:21 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Joshua Boyd <boydjd@adelphia.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: missing libncurses.so.5 and other lib* Message-ID: <20040503024921.GA71218@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <4095A795.8070108@adelphia.net> References: <27069625$1083545780409598b48f99f4.24297031@config22.schlund.de> <20040503013317.GA70955@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <4095A795.8070108@adelphia.net>
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On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 09:59:49PM -0400, Joshua Boyd wrote: > Steve Kargl wrote: > > >On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 03:02:01AM +0200, haig@sylac.de wrote: > > > >>as they were working nicely. > >>any ideas how I can get a shell ? > >>or another solution ? > >> > > > >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* I > ha da problem similar to this where libraries were "missing" but instead > the librariers were there but the .so.randomnumber wasn't there. Go ahead roll your eyes. I back up the important files from my laptops via rsync to my main system. I could use amanda or rdump or other methods such as burning a CD or DVD. If you're going to remove shared libraries, one should have some sort of back up plan. -- Steve
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