From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 18 23:08:34 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 D5A9E106564A for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:08:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@googlemail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 649438FC0C for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:08:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 16so153373fgg.13 for ; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:08:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=sRbiLyFq+8YuWFe77CL4dNSLwnR/w5OBAZQJMj7yZcw=; b=Qz7DTg7vRVIGfa39GVTgekw25W4iavoGweqs15XNV1c2Jf7h/e9vej1uEgJoA+kk88 lNTmxtTjsqol0uI/wdS43mNzdN3gUpn/Z2PYszuLideBzRl11FZHoSs92oADY9C/jYjB NL7xtE9HFRufQrf9Q4N3jqC+xhJxrZgBcOo5o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=YmrLMmUJ1iCpSyEc1k9o31pFC6TWFcKhNHJUhvYJgnmSwOI54lDgXJOVJDOrcLQjeP ddnmSbN2CV2/6cxbH9oEoqK5hT3GfN4iBxHdo0SLX4G+YdvhHbXC+A3SiBQaxX4ZykJV zfKbVACP8+49mbbFHhbFrxCkkODQ4WXRyvHpo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.184.199 with SMTP id z7mr1230403hbg.100.1268953713067; Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:08:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20100318200329.GC67716@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:08:33 +0000 Message-ID: From: krad To: Freddie Cash Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org 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 23:08:34 -0000 On 18 March 2010 20:41, Freddie Cash wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > easier and less risky to boot in on some form of live cd, mount all the fs up under /mnt, set the DESTDIR=/mnt and continue the installworld