From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 30 09:52:31 1994 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id JAA22460 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 30 Dec 1994 09:52:31 -0800 Received: from perth.DIALix.oz.au (jreuucp@perth.DIALix.oz.au [192.203.228.2]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id JAA22453 for ; Fri, 30 Dec 1994 09:52:27 -0800 Received: from jules.UUCP (jreuucp@localhost) by perth.DIALix.oz.au (8.6.9/8.6.9/DIALix) with UUCP id BAA10930; Sat, 31 Dec 1994 01:51:30 +0800 Received: by jules.DIALix.oz.au (8.6.9/25-eef) id LAA00301; Fri, 30 Dec 1994 11:52:42 GMT From: Julian Elischer Message-Id: <199412301152.LAA00301@jules.DIALix.oz.au> Subject: Re: break out to shell To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 1994 11:52:42 +0000 () Cc: jmb@kryten.atinc.com, hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <10329.788724172@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Dec 29, 94 10:02:52 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 934 Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > You can't, sorry.. No shell! > > > > > installed 2.0-RELEASE > > hammered my kernel > > how do i break out to a shell when booting from the boot floppy? > > i wanna get a kernel back. > > > > wah....wahh.....wah.... ;) > > > > Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. > > | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy > > play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 > > ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346 > > we REALLY need a fixit floppy! whether it uses the new install program or just gives you a shell doesn't matter, but I end up needing this on EVERY install (about 5) because they are NEVER straight-forward (they are usually upgrades of systems with non standard setups) and there is always something I don't want to clobber, that the standard install DOES clobber, etc... Menu based installs are ok, but you can't guess everything that will ever be needed.. julian > >