As per Devin's suggestion, I just set up a RCP server from which you'll be able 
to grab libc.so.7 using /rescue/rcp

I'm gonna need, in private, your IP address so I can add you both to .rhosts 
and firewall rules.


I'm leaving work now so I may not answer again before 2-3 hours.



On Feb 21, 2013, at 6:46 PM, "Teske, Devin" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Can you specify perhaps "/rescue/sh" as the single-user shell?
> 
> That should get you in.
> 
> Then you have to stick to static executables like /rescue/rcp to remotely 
> transfer files.
> 
> Perhaps someone can host a file on a machine that can be reached via 
> /rescue/rcp for you.
> -- 
> Devin
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Bernt Hansson [[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 9:22 AM
> To: Teske, Devin
> Cc: Fleuriot Damien; questions FreeBSD
> Subject: Re: I made a mess. libc
> 
> 2013-02-21 18:01, Teske, Devin skrev:
>> Is it the base machine that won't boot? I got this ...
> 
> That is correct. So no cd burning no nothing...Well it want to drop in
> to a single shell bla bla bla press enter for /bin/sh
> 
> <enter>
> libexec* libc.so.7: invalid file format
> 
> I do not want to reinstall, have 4 encrypted disks.
> 
> 
>> My latest version of Druid has a very sophisticated "Interactive Disk 
>> Repair" script that will assemble your system "humpty-dumpty style" while 
>> booted from a CD or Thumb drive (you said you couldn't burn a CD, but it 
>> wasn't clear whether you could master a thumb drive).
>> 
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://sourceforge.net/projects/druidbsd/files/FreeBSD-8.3_Druid-1.0b60.iso/download&k=%2FbkpAUdJWZuiTILCq%2FFnQg%3D%3D%0A&r=LTzUWWrRnz2iN3PtHDubWRSAh9itVJ%2BMUcNBCQ4tyeo%3D%0A&m=07piZUd2tTTVmRt2abbbhXwBr9OUC7olyXwRy6BdjoM%3D%0A&s=a0b244b57abd48f38a1cd817513b96950f4c6f2f035b3d33ddee2a27938b2f04
>> 
>> When you run the "Interactive Disk Repair (IDR) Shell" option, it presents 
>> you with a few questions (like, "I've found a saved network interface in 
>> rc.conf(5) -- would you like me to activate it for you?"), and ultimately 
>> mounts your system to present a working shell to fix your problems.
>> 
>> Important: when it asks you if you want to chroot into the mounted 
>> filesystem, say NO (you're libc isn't working, so that would be a bad idea) 
>> -- rather, run from the LiveFS environment where /mnt is your mounted 
>> system. There's even a copy of libc in the LiveFS environment that you can 
>> copy over your old one...
>> 
>> cp /cdrom/freebsd/rescue/lib/libc.so.7 /mnt/lib/libc.so.7
>> 
>> (if I recall correctly)
>> 
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