In a worst case situation, you should be able to do a stand-alone boot. I
always keep a single diskette bootable linux. Once loaded, I can mount
the root and other file systems from the suspected system. If you don't
have a stand-alone diskette, you should be able to boot from your
distribution. Once you get the installer, you should be able to access the
command line by using alt-F[2-6]. Note that /bin/sh is normally a
symbolic link to bash. If either of these is gone you will have the same
symptom.
Other things to check are to make sure you did not change partitions.
You should be able to get into single user mode. (unless you no longer
have bash).
Assuming that your file systems are correct, and that somehow you blew
away a library, you should be able to do a quick install of the base
system, or just a few components.
Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Associate Director
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org
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