From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 2 09:40:47 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E64E16A406 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2007 09:40:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [69.12.149.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D76BF13C481 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2007 09:40:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from [10.1.43.246] ([130.226.7.91]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.13.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id l229ehG3059054 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 2 Mar 2007 01:40:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <45E7F116.6090304@errno.com> Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:40:38 -0800 From: Sam Leffler Organization: Errno Consulting User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Macintosh/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steven Hartland References: <006a01c75c04$f5c68080$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <006a01c75c04$f5c68080$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.2.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-DCC--Metrics: ebb.errno.com 1356; Body=2 Fuz1=2 Fuz2=2 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fixit cd for AMD64 on 6.2-RELEASE problem? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:40:47 -0000 Steven Hartland wrote: > I'm currently trying to use the Fixit cd on AMD64 ( 6.2 ) > and it appears it has issues. When trying to fsck a > disk it reports: > fsck: exec fsck_4.2bsd for XXXX in /sbin:/usr/sbin: No such file or > directory > > When looking on the mounted volumes for fsck_4.2bsd its > located under: > /dist/rescue/fsck_4.2bsd > /dist/sbin/fsck_4.2bsd > > Surely /dist/sbin and /dist/usr/sbin should be in the PATH > by default? > > Also it seems that fsck uses a hardcoded search path so > setting PATH is not good enough, I had to create a symlink > it into /sbin. With fsck being one of the common things > people do with fixit would be nice if it just worked. > > P.S. Not sure if this is limited to AMD64, I suspect not > but thats what I was working on. Sometime back I needed the fixit CD and hit various problems like this (generated a 1/2 dozen items on my TODO list not all of which have been crossed off yet). This stuff gets precious little testing and could use a champion to help improve it. Seems like a chore most anyone could help with... Sam