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2013-02-21 22:10, Joshua Isom skrev:
> On 2/21/2013 11:22 AM, Bernt Hansson wrote:
>> 2013-02-21 18:01, Teske, Devin skrev:
>>> Is it the base machine that won't boot? I got this ...
>>
>> That is correct. So no cd burning no nothing...Well it want to drop in
>> to a single shell bla bla bla press enter for /bin/sh
>>
>> <enter>
>> libexec* libc.so.7: invalid file format
>>
>> I do not want to reinstall, have 4 encrypted disks.
>>
>>
>
> If you get the PC-BSD memstick, it boots FreeBSD with a GUI.  You'll
> want the USB Live probably.  The PC-BSD versions match the FreeBSD
> versions.  If you're running 8.3, get the 8.3 memstick for instance. You
> could be safe just copying the libc from PC-BSD to your host, and then
> just reinstall for sanity's sake.

Yes that is an idea. Since Damien was kind to host the file I downloaded 
it and will try later today (friday)

The problem is I can't burn or otherwise get in to the machine.

libc.so.7: invalid file format