i am still trying to follow the below instructions. haven't done so yet,
going away for the weekend.
>
> > // change to root
> > $ su -
> > // remove /usr/obj to speed up the build
> > # cd /usr/obj && chflags -R noschg * && rm -rf *
>
> didn't do this.. but i guess that shouldn't matter.
>
i can't log on, but i can run in single user mode. does that qualify
as a "running system" should i start over from step 1 and do it all
in single user mode? maybe i better not try until hearing from
somebody.
> If you have a running system, read Appendix A.5 "Using CVSup" [1] of the
> handbo
On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 18:20 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
> > Quoting Christian Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > > On 04/04/07, KAYVEN RIESE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > there were so many steps they didn't seem obvious.. i got halfway thru
> > and
> > >
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Quoting Christian Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > On 04/04/07, KAYVEN RIESE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > there were so many steps they didn't seem obvious.. i got halfway thru
> and
> > > realized i
> > > was in some prompt for mergemaster -p, or so i thought,
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Quoting Christian Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > On 04/04/07, KAYVEN RIESE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Secondly, it appears that you messed up your system pretty badly, I'm
> > not sure that it can be fixed. On the other hand, it just might be
> > that you m
On 04/04/07, KAYVEN RIESE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
there were so many steps they didn't seem obvious.. i got halfway thru and
realized i
was in some prompt for mergemaster -p, or so i thought, so i started over.
i had no
idea what was happening. i can't log on now.
/etc/passwd is gone. i used
On Wed, 4 Apr 2007, KAYVEN RIESE wrote:
i didn't know what was happening when i dropped to single user
mode i got all these different prompts and i didn't know how
to answer the questions. i have posted information on
experts exchange:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Unix/BSD/FreeBSD/Q_224
there were so many steps they didn't seem obvious.. i got halfway thru and
realized i
was in some prompt for mergemaster -p, or so i thought, so i started over.
i had no
idea what was happening. i can't log on now.
/etc/passwd is gone. i used a freeBSD disk that is certainly old to go to
a fi
install WORLD
failed. usage message..
then cd /usr/src; make installwerld also failed.
it said "required audit group is missing.. see /usr/src/UPDATING"
i am going to reboot into single user mode and follow these instructions
from /usr/src/UPDATING
now:
To rebuild everything and ins
i don't know what all the prompts where because i was in single user mode.
i need diagnostic advice
There should be a backup of your old /etc dir here:
/var/tmp/etc
Boot in single user mode, do a
mount -a
and copy the backup passwd file to /etc
This should enable you to login again. There i
i didn't know what was happening when i dropped to single user
mode i got all these different prompts and i didn't know how
to answer the questions. i have posted information on
experts exchange:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Unix/BSD/FreeBSD/Q_22484972.html
http://www.experts-exchange.co
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