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Date:      Mon, 20 Oct 2003 08:06:10 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <dev-null@nuxi.com>
To:        "C. Kukulies" <kuku@www.kukulies.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: this /rescue thing
Message-ID:  <20031020150610.GD85686@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <200310200955.h9K9tvEt006047@www.kukulies.org>
References:  <200310200955.h9K9tvEt006047@www.kukulies.org>

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On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 11:55:57AM +0200, C. Kukulies wrote:
> ===> rescue/rescue
> install -s -o root -g wheel -m 555   rescue /rescue
> install -o root  -g wheel -m 555  nextboot_FIXED  /rescue/nextboot.sh
> install: /rescue/nextboot.sh: Not a directory
> *** Error code 71
> 
> Stop in /u/src/rescue/rescue.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Looking into / I see that /rescue is a file.

There was some pilot error in the order in which you updated your system
after we added 'rescue'.  You need to 'rm -rf /rescue ; mkdir /rescue'
and then rebuild and install it.

> What is the safe method to put /rescue elsewhere (in an area with enough
> space). It also seems that it is being deleted by make world, at least I
> seem to remember that putting a soft link into /rescue into / didn't
> help either.

You're missing the point of /rescue.  It MUST be in / to be of any use.



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