How can I restore some lost system files from the original 5.2.1-RELEASE
CD-ROM? Is there somewhere in the handbook to discuss this?
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On Thursday 06 May 2004 15:10, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote:
How can I restore some lost system files from the original 5.2.1-RELEASE
CD-ROM? Is there somewhere in the handbook to discuss this?
I did this once under 5.1 release. I think it's still the same procedere:
Insert the 5.2.1-RELEASE
First, check the live filesystem cd to see if the one you want is on there.
If not, you'll have to extract the files you want out of the distribution
tar files. There are quite a few of them so you'll have to try to figure
out which tar file holds the particular file you are interested in.
It
On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 10:21, Christian Hiris wrote:
Insert the 5.2.1-RELEASE CD-ROM and boot into the installation menu.
Then select the 'Fixit' option from the install menu.
Next select option 2 CDROM/DVD (you need the 5.2.1-RELEASE-i386-disc2.iso
handy or download it from a freebsd ftp
You don't have to install the entire OS to another machine if you have a
medium to large area on your disk. Mount up the #1 CDROM and then create
a scratch directory somewhere on your system. Go to the distribution
that you think contains the files you are missing (sounds like base
to me) and
On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 11:27, Incoming Mail List wrote:
You don't have to install the entire OS to another machine if you have a
medium to large area on your disk. Mount up the #1 CDROM and then create
a scratch directory somewhere on your system. Go to the distribution
that you think
I'm not familiar with the heimdal port. If you've got the list of files
that it touches, you can write a small shell program to check if all those
files are on the system or not. Based upon your description of the port
and the fact you have reinstalled it, I suspect you've got the files you
Incoming Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You don't have to install the entire OS to another machine if you have a
medium to large area on your disk. Mount up the #1 CDROM and then create
a scratch directory somewhere on your system. Go to the distribution
that you think contains the
