Thank you all for the wonderful help. I've recovered the file and the
system is fully operational. The solution that worked was:
Single User Mode
/rescue/sh
/rescue/mount /
/rescue/mount /tmp
/rescue/mv /tmp/libexec/ld-elf.so.1 /libexec
As I spent my entire youth on Windows, I can honestly say
Polytropon wrote:
> Replying to my own message in order to clarify:
>
> On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:53:43 +0200, Polytropon wrote:
>> On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:28:47 -0400, Stew Houston
>> wrote:
>>> However, being the blundering newbie I am, I was
>>> working in the /tmp directory, which seems to have
Replying to my own message in order to clarify:
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:53:43 +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:28:47 -0400, Stew Houston
> wrote:
> > However, being the blundering newbie I am, I was
> > working in the /tmp directory, which seems to have been cleared (or is empty
On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:28:47 -0400, Stew Houston wrote:
> However, being the blundering newbie I am, I was
> working in the /tmp directory, which seems to have been cleared (or is empty
> for whatever reason in the current state.)
Cleaning the /tmp directory at startup usually is controlled
via
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Stew Houston wrote:
> I appreciate the help thus far; as /rescue/csh in single user mode has moved
> me past my first hurdle. However, being the blundering newbie I am, I was
> working in the /tmp directory, which seems to have been cleared (or is empty
> for whate
I appreciate the help thus far; as /rescue/csh in single user mode has moved
me past my first hurdle. However, being the blundering newbie I am, I was
working in the /tmp directory, which seems to have been cleared (or is empty
for whatever reason in the current state.) If it has been wiped, my
l
On Thursday 20 August 2009 18:44:12 Stew Houston wrote:
> Setting up a chroot jail I accidentally moved /libexec/ld-elf.so.1 instead
> of copying it. Bash would no longer take any commands, though I can't
> remember the error I was getting (it was aborting.) I rebooted, hoping I
> could do someth
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Stew Houston wrote:
> Setting up a chroot jail I accidentally moved /libexec/ld-elf.so.1 instead
> of copying it. Bash would no longer take any commands, though I can't
> remember the error I was getting (it was aborting.) I rebooted, hoping I
> could do somethin
