From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 18 20:41:43 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E235106566C for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:41:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pw0-f54.google.com (mail-pw0-f54.google.com [209.85.160.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2291D8FC15 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:41:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwj4 with SMTP id 4so2107619pwj.13 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:41:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=Ny5xrKUmbd17zJvuJAdOlbiEoxYtvOsBlrZeCZSnehc=; b=AXIFyVWD2C+4vUaD/JMNJ1AH5PqpXQZBYW6TegzOTaub/GKtVVPOgOV2b/dl8nILoU pcVaMEnGGLjBKgokyiwQrAW2Su01xbAAgGNapFBHLW3GRRt+R/Cx78We1aJZvQDDsEwa GNxgQJUH7YUOSgYxiCh1RJDmpadMhBTJGQAnQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=hBBz2EfWE7lzWGAp1qBrf2OJtI9yw87IfvRRGFlkFrhUIYyJBZFmls0p6qjAlX2rKa ndR3gRSZO4oKmDBELCT8dAjMQMdjBff9GizLpgNvECiGKZYg4a5FqbHKkCP3sTvEoHud Xct0uiuS2ETjbicLi/uQuD8LMAhBYjP1fafkY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.201.11 with SMTP id y11mr1563116wff.14.1268944902222; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:41:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20100318200329.GC67716@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:41:41 -0700 Message-ID: From: Freddie Cash To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: recovery from terminated make installworld? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:41:43 -0000 On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Justin Hibbits wrote: > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Anton Shterenlikht >wrote: > > > I was in the single user mode doing 'make installworld' > > when the system froze and I had to cold reboot. > > Now in single user mode I get to: > > > > Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: > > /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /lib/libc.so.7: invalid file format > > /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /lib/libc.so.7: invalid file format > > Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: > > > > Is there a way to recover? > > Or do I have to reinstall from scratch? > > Try /rescue/sh (or tcsh). It's all statically linked, so you should be > able > to recover from there. > > And if that doesn't work, try a LiveFS CD. And, if all else fails, you can do a minimal install overtop. You'll lose all your /etc settings, but will get a bootable system again. -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com