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Date:      Tue, 10 Dec 2013 01:11:26 -0800
From:      "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" <ewh2048@rit.edu>
To:        Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Base System Rebuild
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It is also a FreeBSD 9.2 machine. It is being virtualized using KVM and
virtio.

Ethan House


On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 1:09 AM, Erich Dollansky <
erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:34:28 -0800
> "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" <ewh2048@rit.edu> wrote:
>
> > http://pastebin.com/LcCXcjq6
> >
> > Not sure if I am making a newb mistake. This would be my first
> > worldbuild.
> >
> just compiling the kernel and the world does not install anything on
> the system. With other words, there is not chance to destroy it except
> the file system is already damaged. But this would be a totally
> different problem then.
>
> It seems to me that there are some files missing from your include
> directory. Try to install a fresh 9.2 locally and compare to see what
> is really missing. It also could be that just a path is set the wrong
> way.
>
> Are you able to run a fsck on the machine? This should be done normally
> during the start-up of the machine.
>
> > I confirmed I was on the 9.2 source tree.
>
> What is uname -a saying? You might be able to re-install the same
> version of it then. This will avoid certain potential problems for you.
>
> Do you know what hardware you are using? If so, check the Internet for
> potential problems with it.
>
> Erich
> >
> > Ethan House
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:28 AM, Erich Dollansky <
> > erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:21:32 -0800
> > > "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" <ewh2048@rit.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have a working root shell. sshd still seems to work fine, for
> > > > now atleast.
> > >
> > > so, download the sources. Isn't 9.2 also the current version of the
> > > 9 branch? If not, download the 9.2 release sources and compile them.
> > >
> > > It should always work out to download and compile the sources. If
> > > the version is identical, you should not need the mergemaster step
> > > but this could also create other problems. Root should always work
> > > afterwards. At least it did for me.
> > >
> > > Erich
> > > >
> > > > Ethan House
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:16 AM, Erich Dollansky <
> > > > erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, 09 Dec 2013 23:57:53 -0800
> > > > > Ethan House <ewh2048@rit.edu> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I inherited a FreeBSD 9.2 machine in pretty bad shape. The
> > > > > > base system seems to be all out of whack with missing
> > > > > > libraries all over the place. A reinstall of the OS is not an
> > > > > > option as I am many states away from the box in question.
> > > > > > Having no idea what caused this what is the best way to fix
> > > > > > this?
> > > > >
> > > > > how can you connect to the machine?
> > > > >
> > > > > If you have any chance to copy files to it as root, I would
> > > > > build a 9.2-system on a machine at hand and then copy the files
> > > > > to the affected machine until a normal log-in is possible.
> > > > >
> > > > > It should then be possible to download the 9.2 sources and
> > > > > compile a new system locally.
> > > > >
> > > > > Erich
> > > > >
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