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Subject: Re: HELP! no shell
To: marco@nbnet.nb.ca (Marco Shaw)
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 23:16:57 -0400 (EDT)
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In-Reply-To: <000701bd8db8$a3243580$0a22a10a@ipo10161034010.nbtel.net> from Marco Shaw at "Jun 1, 98 08:54:38 pm"
From: Dima Dorfman <dima@zwb.net>
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Boot into single user mode.  Type "-s" at the "boot:" prompt when you
start your computer.  Then, change your shell.  If you want BASH, you can
download it.  Just search for "BASH' in Yahoo!

BTW, I've never seen BASH in /bin/bash, it's always in
/usr/local/bin/bash, or  /usr/bin/bash.

> I just installed my system today.  I prefer the BASH shell, so I immediately
> changed my shell (root) to BASH.  I presumed that it was in /bin/bash and
> already installed, BUT it wasn't.  Now I can't login as root, I just get
> kicked back to the login prompt, and I can't 'su' to root because the groups
> aren't setup right!
> 
> How can I get in without reinstalling?  My friend suggested I boot a kernel
> from the floppy, but how can I get one?  I only have the boot floppy and no
> 'emergency floppy'.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated,
> Marco
> 
> 
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