On 18 March 2010 20:41, Freddie Cash <fjwc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Justin Hibbits <jr...@alumni.cwru.edu > >wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Anton Shterenlikht <me...@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 > fjwc...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"