From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 21 14:04:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA17965 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 14:04:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA17959 for ; Thu, 21 Mar 1996 14:04:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id IAA13652; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 08:49:40 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603212219.IAA13652@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Can't reboot the host To: xiyuan@npc.haplink.co.cn (xiyuan qian) Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 08:49:40 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org, steve@cioeserv.cioe.com In-Reply-To: <199603211658.QAA07900@npc.haplink.co.cn> from "xiyuan qian" at Mar 21, 96 04:58:16 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk xiyuan qian stands accused of saying: > > Hi, when I changed the 4DX66 cpu with a P586 in my host, I can't > restart it, give the following mesages following on the usual booting > messages: > Mar. 21 16:48:16 init: can't exec /bin/sh for /etc/rc; No such file or directory >Mar. 21 16:48:46 init: /etc/spwd.db: No such file or directory > Enter pathname of sh or press RETURN for sh: > > When I press return, the error message repeated. How can I solve it? Help! Put the 486 back in. Your motherboard can't handle the 586; without knowing more about the board and your hardware it's impossible to know why. > --xiyuan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[