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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsout1.alt.net!news1.alt.net!news-in.iadfw.net!pcrown.net!news.veng.com!not-for-mail From: Phil Crown <pcrown@airmail.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: /bin/sh -> /usr/local/bin/bash won't boot Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 22:40:16 -0500 Organization: RedHat Linux v4.1 Lines: 40 Message-ID: <3356ED20.5DA7772@airmail.net> References: <3350EBA5.26EB8E3B@airmail.net> <5isurg$5j7@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dal34-11.ppp.iadfw.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; Linux 2.0.27 i486) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39266 Brian Somers wrote: > > I installed bash2 from the ports collection, then made a symbolic link > > like > > > > ln -s /bin/sh /usr/local/bin/sh > > Do you mean "ln -s /usr/local/bin/bash /bin/sh" ? yes, thanks... :-) > > > Now the computer won't boot. > > ;O > > > My questions is, how do I mount the root file system after > > booting up the boot floppy? > . > > mount -t <fstype> /dev/wd0 > > > > I am not sure of the <fstype>, I could look in /etc/fstab, but I have to > > be mounted first to do that! :-) > > "mount /dev/wd0a /mnt". > > You don't need to do this. Just type "-s" at the boot prompt, and when > it asks you for your shell, type "/bin/csh". > > At the next prompt, do "mount -u /" and "mount /usr". I hope you > didn't *remove* the shell :) ok, its fixed now, the biggest problem is that the computer is 1200 miles away, so I was not sure who/how it would actually get fixed. It apparently was sitting at the boot prompt and was able to mount the root file system and fortunately I did "mv /bin/sh /bin/sh.orig" first. :-) -- Phil Crown pcrown@airmail.net http://web2.airmail.net/pcrown/