Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 09:32:10 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: missing /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1 ... not found Message-ID: <20031228093210.GA62584@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20031227175019.C57794@rocket.alienwebshop.com> References: <20031223012430.S33599@rocket.alienwebshop.com> <000b01c3c921$10e0d660$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <20031227002844.P38379@rocket.alienwebshop.com> <20031227100258.GA2034@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <20031227175019.C57794@rocket.alienwebshop.com>
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On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 05:53:30PM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 12:34:17AM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote:
> > > The problem I now have is that I would like to mount_msdos a regular =
floppy
> > > then copy ("cp" or "cpio?") a file from it called ld-elf.so.1 to the
> > > mounted partition which contains FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE on my hard disk.
> > > Typing just "mount" is not found. Oddly enough, typing "help" or "cd=
/bin"
> > > then "./help" says "Permission denied." I cannot locate a "mount" bi=
nary,
> > > however, I found "mount_nfs" and "mount_mfs" so would either of those=
work
> > > for mounting both an msdos floppy then my 4.7 partition? Then must I=
use
> > > cpio to copy "A:\ld-elf.so.1" over to the 4.7 partition??
> >
> > You can write the file direct to the floppy device /dev/fd0 as if it
> > was a tape. No need to mount any sort of filesystem. Since you have
> > cpio(1) available use:
> > # cd /usr/libexec
>=20
> Now, will the command above change to my live system's /usr/libexec
> directory, or a "pretend" one that exists only in RAM (ie. the way that t=
he
> emergency holographic shell exists in a "/ramdisk" if you will)?
This is assuming that you have another FreeBSD box which works
properly, and that you can copy the ld-elf.so.1 file from. The
intention is that you use a different floppy than the ones you use to
boot from, and swap them in and out as required.
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> > # echo ./ld-elf.so.1 | cpio -o > /dev/fd0
>=20
> When you say "write the file direct" do you mean that my system's "/" root
> directory may also be directly written to, without having to first mount =
it??!
Not like this: writing direct to a block device like this will destroy
any filesystem already on the device. That's generally not what you
want, but it can be permissible in extremis to trash some floppy
disks...
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> > Then to extract the file:
> > # cd /usr/libexec
> > # cpio -i < /dev/fd0
> My apologies. This all seems a little scary, and does not sound proper...
Absolutely. It is both scary and improper.
Cheers,
Matthew
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks
Savill Way
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