Re: recovery from terminated make installworld?

On 18 March 2010 20:41, Freddie Cash <fjwcash_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Justin Hibbits <jrh29_at_alumni.cwru.edu
> >wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Anton Shterenlikht <mexas_at_bristol.ac.uk
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > I was in the single user mode doing 'make installworld'
> > > when the system froze and I had to cold reboot.
> > > Now in single user mode I get to:
> > >
> > > Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:
> > > /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /lib/libc.so.7: invalid file format
> > > /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /lib/libc.so.7: invalid file format
> > > Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:
> > >
> > > Is there a way to recover?
> > > Or do I have to reinstall from scratch?
> >
> > Try /rescue/sh (or tcsh).  It's all statically linked, so you should be
> > able
> > to recover from there.
> >
> > And if that doesn't work, try a LiveFS CD.
>
> And, if all else fails, you can do a minimal install overtop.  You'll lose
> all your /etc settings, but will get a bootable system again.
>
> --
> Freddie Cash
> fjwcash_at_gmail.com
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easier and less risky to boot in on some form of live cd, mount all the fs
up under /mnt, set the DESTDIR=/mnt and continue the installworld