Re: [Fwd: fixit.flp or fixit via "live filesystem" CD]
--- Peter Leftwich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RE2: > http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/4-STABLE/installation/i386/trouble.html > > The page above always makes a skirting blow or > furtive glance at > what is possible with a fixit.flp (namely that > /stand and > /mnt2/stand have some goodies) but without the use > of the "ls" > binary command I am a fish driving a tricycle (that > is, useless!) > I think you should able to use those commands with a live cd, but not with a pruned floppy. Using REL 4.8 so far. I tried to make man work, but after doing some mounting-linking for required utility files, I failed:) Most of the system repair utilities are there; though, if you are unable to read man on another box while you tinker, and you always forget the commands options like me, it's arcane:) /Dorin. __ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: [Fwd: fixit.flp or fixit via "live filesystem" CD]
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 02:32:19AM -0800, Peter Leftwich wrote: > RE2: > http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/4-STABLE/installation/i386/trouble.html > > The page above always makes a skirting blow or furtive glance at > what is possible with a fixit.flp (namely that /stand and > /mnt2/stand have some goodies) but without the use of the "ls" > binary command I am a fish driving a tricycle (that is, useless!) Try: echo * The fixit.flp image had to be severely pruned to get it down to 1.44Mb so it would fit on a floppy. You'll find you've got a functional shell, and that shell globbing and the shell built-ins will work fine: cd pwd echo exit etc. The pruning is so severe you don't get eg. 'cat' or 'more' -- to read the contents of a file, use: sed < filename There are also a bunch of crucial filesystem and network management commands that usually live in /sbin, but not much else. That's really only just enough to patch the system and copy necessary data from a remote machine sufficient to boot up to single user mode and not a lot else. Once you've got to single user you've got the whole command set of the OS to play with. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[Fwd: fixit.flp or fixit via "live filesystem" CD]
RE2: http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/4-STABLE/installation/i386/trouble.html The page above always makes a skirting blow or furtive glance at what is possible with a fixit.flp (namely that /stand and /mnt2/stand have some goodies) but without the use of the "ls" binary command I am a fish driving a tricycle (that is, useless!) Someone please comment from experience!!! Thank you so much. Original Message Subject: fixit.flp or fixit via "live filesystem" CD From: "Peter Leftwich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, December 18, 2003 2:23 To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RE: http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/installation/i386/trouble.html Is there a manpage or FAQ explaining the basic commands available to users during a fixit session? I understand how to change to that terminal using Alt-F4 but then the following commands are the only ones that seem to work: pwd echo quit while the following list of commands do NOT work: ls (YES!!! That's what -I- said too, "ls" doesn't work?!?!) whoami mount /sbin/mount ./mount man Could someone shed some light on where one can go to RTFM about fixitting? Thanks, please CC my email address in your reply... -- Peter Leftwich, President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039, USA http://Www.Video2Video.Com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
