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kavitha wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
>   I have FreeBSD 2.1.5 on my thinkpad. By mistake I deleted
> /usr/lib/libc.a & /usr/lib/libc.so.2.2. Now I'm not able to login,
> ftp or telnet to this machine.
> 
>  I have a backup of these libraries on some other machine.
> 
> Can anybody tell me how I can install these libraries back and save my disk?
> 
> Thanks in Advance
> Regards
> kavitha
boot: -s
fsck -p
mount /usr

then you have several options:
1/ tar xvf /dev/rfd0      (from floppy)
if you still have /stand (always a good move)
cd /stand
ifconfig up your interface
./ftp otherhost
get /usr/lib/libxxxxx
quit


reboot