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Date:      Sun, 27 Nov 2005 23:21:16 -0600
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
To:        David Kirchner <dpk@dpk.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, ebm <ebm-freebsd-stable@swervinghead.com>
Subject:   Re: Freebsd 5.3 screw up.... deleted /lib/libc.so.5
Message-ID:  <20051128052116.GF42864@over-yonder.net>
In-Reply-To: <35c231bf0511271729t2382667dka0a6b8890926415f@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <438A525C.8010803@swervinghead.com> <35c231bf0511271729t2382667dka0a6b8890926415f@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 05:29:36PM -0800 I heard the voice of
David Kirchner, and lo! it spake thus:
> 
> There is still hope however -- the /rescue directory contains a
> statically linked binary and a whole bunch of hardlinks, including
> 'mount' and 'cp'. If you can get libc.so.5 onto a floppy somewhere
> else you may be able to copy it into place with these utilities.

Note that it also has mount_nfs and rcp, so if you've got another box
handy 'nearby', you can get creative like that.


-- 
Matthew Fuller     (MF4839)   |  fullermd@over-yonder.net
Systems/Network Administrator |  http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/
           On the Internet, nobody can hear you scream.



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