Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:34:28 -0800 From: "ETHAN HOUSE (RIT Student)" <ewh2048@rit.edu> To: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Base System Rebuild Message-ID: <CAFRryZhTbbb8ZFBXX3HPvFSCDz16P9be0nd2Y%2B8T_vNxk-9tag@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20131210162820.6834d51b@X220.alogt.com> References: <CAFRryZg9GwSWLB3ytdpmVgrfnp4T0i6b0sgCJh9xuEdOic-Dng@mail.gmail.com> <20131210161620.667c1591@X220.alogt.com> <CAFRryZgTHHJrkg2iU9FWinjKhWZbUGtqANK-G7nxLQ3fGn0s_g@mail.gmail.com> <20131210162820.6834d51b@X220.alogt.com>
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http://pastebin.com/LcCXcjq6 Not sure if I am making a newb mistake. This would be my first worldbuild. I confirmed I was on the 9.2 source tree. 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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