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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