Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 15:15:20 +0000 From: Peter Risdon <peter@circlesquared.com> To: Marty Landman <MLandman@face2interface.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: clearing space Message-ID: <1105110920.708.152.camel@lorna.circlesquared.com> In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.0.20050107094403.030a3d38@mail.face2interface.com> References: <6.2.0.14.0.20050106184116.01f2aa80@mail.face2interface.com> <20050107053638.GE27020@turingmachine.mentalsiege.net> <6.2.0.14.0.20050107074632.03093500@mail.face2interface.com> <1105103142.708.136.camel@lorna.circlesquared.com> <bc5b6385050107055571c9dd2b@mail.gmail.com> <6.2.0.14.0.20050107091811.01f21c78@mail.face2interface.com> <1105108254.708.141.camel@lorna.circlesquared.com> <6.2.0.14.0.20050107094403.030a3d38@mail.face2interface.com>
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On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 09:48 -0500, Marty Landman wrote: > At 09:30 AM 1/7/2005, Peter Risdon wrote: > > > > > > # mv /sbin /usr/sbin > > > # ln -s /usr/sbin /sbin > > > # mv /root /usr/root > > > # ls -s /usr/root /root > > > >Typo here: ls instead of ln - that's why there's no link. > > Oh man, could I be any stupider? > > >Do you have physical access to the machine? > > Yep, haven't used the console in many months. Wonder what my Chucky screen > saver looks like nowadays. > > How do I get back on with root permissions from the console so I create the > needed link? Boot into single user mode. As I say in another post in this thread, I did check this before giving you the advice. Pre 5.x you hit any key, then type: boot -s at the boot prompt. In 5.x you get a menu. Peter.
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