From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 27 12:40:56 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id MAA07089 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 27 Dec 1996 12:40:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts6-line16.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.46]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id MAA07082 for ; Fri, 27 Dec 1996 12:40:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA02587; Fri, 27 Dec 1996 12:40:29 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 12:40:29 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Snob Art Genre cc: Matthew Hagerty , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Init missing In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 27 Dec 1996, Snob Art Genre wrote: > > If init died then most likely your /bin directory is corrupted; you'll > > have to try reinstalling. Just MOUNT your filesystems instead of NEWFSing > > them, and install the bin distribution again. You'll probably have to > > rebuild your kernel as it'll be overwritten. > > > > You shouldn't lose any data if you do the install properly. > > Wouldn't he lose /etc? Can he boot from a boot disk first and back up /etc? That's always a good idea. Add that before reinstalling: use the fixit floppy and back up /etc to somewhere safe. It shouldn't WIPE /etc, but files will probably end up replaced. Thanks for the hint....matt, you listening? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major