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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!posgate.acis.com.au!news.can.connect.com.au!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!EU.net!sun4nl!news.iaf.nl!news.es.iaf.nl!yedi!wilko From: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte) Subject: Re: /bin/sh -> /usr/local/bin/bash won't boot Organization: private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands Message-ID: <E8n40M.Mx@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <3350EBA5.26EB8E3B@airmail.net> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 18:14:46 GMT Lines: 30 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39093 Phil Crown <pcrown@airmail.net> writes: >I installed bash2 from the ports collection, then made a symbolic link >like >ln -s /bin/sh /usr/local/bin/sh >Now the computer won't boot. Not surprising since there are shell scripts that need to be executed by /bin/sh before /usr is mounted. >My questions is, how do I mount the root file system after >booting up the boot floppy? >mount -t <fstype> /dev/wd0 Something like mount /dev/wd0a /mnt should mount the root of the harddisk. Assuming it's really wd0 etc Wilko -- Wilko _ ____________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl - Arnhem, The Netherlands |/|/ / / /( (_) Do, or do not. There is no 'try' - Yoda