Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:55:54 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Kent Hauser" <kent@khauser.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fixit / LiveFS problems (AMD64) Message-ID: <44y74vkpx1.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <6004effe0806230224v56db42d1r4414db5ca2471cb3@mail.gmail.com> (Kent Hauser's message of "Sun\, 22 Jun 2008 23\:24\:15 -1000") References: <6004effe0806230224v56db42d1r4414db5ca2471cb3@mail.gmail.com>
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"Kent Hauser" <kent@khauser.net> writes: > I recently rebuild a 7-STABLE which refused to boot & then ran into some > problems trying to recover. > > 1) After escaping to the loader prompt, I could only enter a couple of > characters (eg 2) before the machine hung. Not enough for the "unload / > load" dance. > > 2) After booting from the downloaded 7-RELEASE install ISO (AMD64), I find > the emergency shell doesn't have mount_ufs, just mount_nfs. Also, no /rescue > directory. I don't know if this is by design, but how does one mount root or > any other local disk partition? mount(8) > 3) After downloading & burning the 7-RELEASE LiveFS ISO (AMD64), I find > fixit told me ld.so-hints could not be created & dynamicly linked programs > wouldn't run -- and they didn't. I'm not sure, but shouldn't that get built every boot time? > 4) So I reinstalled, only newfs'ing /root & pulled the appropriate files > from a backup. > > What am I missing? Other than the fact that there isn't any mount_ufs, you seem to be okay.
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