Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:08:33 +0000 From: krad <kraduk@googlemail.com> To: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recovery from terminated make installworld? Message-ID: <d36406631003181608o10af0d9aha9246a96aece3559@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b269bc571003181341t5ac05314h9c29dd843197a5d9@mail.gmail.com> References: <20100318200329.GC67716@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <fd9cd3451003181307j3a30acedt28875351cd896769@mail.gmail.com> <b269bc571003181341t5ac05314h9c29dd843197a5d9@mail.gmail.com>
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On 18 March 2010 20:41, Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu > >wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk > > >wrote: > > > > > I was in the single user mode doing 'make installworld' > > > when the system froze and I had to cold reboot. > > > Now in single user mode I get to: > > > > > > Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: > > > /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /lib/libc.so.7: invalid file format > > > /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /lib/libc.so.7: invalid file format > > > Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: > > > > > > Is there a way to recover? > > > Or do I have to reinstall from scratch? > > > > Try /rescue/sh (or tcsh). It's all statically linked, so you should be > > able > > to recover from there. > > > > And if that doesn't work, try a LiveFS CD. > > And, if all else fails, you can do a minimal install overtop. You'll lose > all your /etc settings, but will get a bootable system again. > > -- > Freddie Cash > fjwcash@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > easier and less risky to boot in on some form of live cd, mount all the fs up under /mnt, set the DESTDIR=/mnt and continue the installworld
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