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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: [: not found - problems on bootup
Date: 15 Nov 1996 03:31:45 -0000
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In article <nigel.12.00159202@znet.net.au>,
	nigel@znet.net.au (Nigel Gorry) writes:
: HELP...
: 
: when I rebooted my machine today I got lots of messages like:
: 
:      [: not found
: 
: and it would not bootup fully
: 
: Any ideas??

What's the output of "ls -li /bin/[ /bin/test" ?  They should be links to
the same thing.  Did the machine crash ?

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Brian <brian%anorak.coverform.lan@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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