Init can't exec /bin/sh for /etc/rc
Hi, I was running the buildkernel command when the computer suddenly froze and the only option i had was a 'hard reset' unfortunatley it wasn't all trouble free this time. When i try to start FreeBSD I get the message: Init can't exec /bin/sh for /etc/rc Exec format error. I have tried to boot into Multiuser mode, with this error message i have tried to boot into singeuser mode, with the same error message i have tried to boot into failsafe mode with the same error message i have tried to clean all my partions with fsck -y (in Fixit# mode), with the same error message i have checked that sh is where it's supposed to be (ls /bin/sh) i have tried smashing my head against the wall with the same error message Any suggestions? _ Lättare att hitta drömresan med MSN Resor http://www.msn.se/resor/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Init can't exec /bin/sh for /etc/rc
Günther Darwin wrote: [ ... ] i have tried smashing my head against the wall with the same error message Any suggestions? Be nice to your walls, they keep rain and snow outside. :-) You could try doing a binary upgrade installation from a FreeBSD install CD-ROM; this will preserve your configuration and user files if you don't tell it to reformat your partitions. Make a backup first, anyway. -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Init can't exec /bin/sh for /etc/rc
On Friday 14 April 2006 10:39, Günther Darwin wrote: Hi, I was running the buildkernel command when the computer suddenly froze and the only option i had was a 'hard reset' unfortunatley it wasn't all trouble free this time. When i try to start FreeBSD I get the message: Init can't exec /bin/sh for /etc/rc Exec format error. I have tried to boot into Multiuser mode, with this error message i have tried to boot into singeuser mode, with the same error message i have tried to boot into failsafe mode with the same error message i have tried to clean all my partions with fsck -y (in Fixit# mode), with the same error message i have checked that sh is where it's supposed to be (ls /bin/sh) i have tried smashing my head against the wall with the same error message You do have backups, don't you? You could try a binary upgrade. Other than that you're looking at doing a restore. Beech -- --- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - [EMAIL PROTECTED] /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Mangohealth \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - XanGo - http://www.mangohealth.org --- pgpnjoFCHdAdn.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Init can't exec /bin/sh for /etc/rc
At 8:39 PM +0200 4/14/06, Günther Darwin wrote: Hi, I was running the buildkernel command when the computer suddenly froze and the only option i had was a 'hard reset' unfortunatley it wasn't all trouble free this time. When i try to start FreeBSD I get the message: Init can't exec /bin/sh for /etc/rc Exec format error. I have tried to boot into Multiuser mode, with this error message i have tried to boot into singeuser mode, with the same error message When going into single-user mode, is there some other copy of 'sh' that you could start off with? It will ask you before starting the shell. One likely candidate would be in /rescue/sh -- Garance Alistair Drosehn= [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior Systems Programmer or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rensselaer Polytechnic Instituteor [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
