Very Computer

by **Phil Crow** » Mon, 14 Apr 1997 04:00:00

I installed bash2 from the ports collection, then made a symbolic link
like

ln -s /bin/sh /usr/local/bin/sh

Now the computer won't boot.

My questions is, how do I mount the root file system after
booting up the boot floppy?

mount -t <fstype> /dev/wd0

I am not sure of the <fstype>, I could look in /etc/fstab, but I have to
be mounted first to do that! :-)

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by **Brian Some** » Tue, 15 Apr 1997 04:00:00

Quote:> I installed bash2 from the ports collection, then made a symbolic link
> like

> ln -s /bin/sh /usr/local/bin/sh

Do you mean "ln -s /usr/local/bin/bash /bin/sh" ?

Quote:> Now the computer won't boot.

;O

Quote:> My questions is, how do I mount the root file system after
> booting up the boot floppy?
.
> mount -t <fstype> /dev/wd0

> I am not sure of the <fstype>, I could look in /etc/fstab, but I have to
> be mounted first to do that! :-)

"mount /dev/wd0a /mnt".

You don't need to do this. Just type "-s" at the boot prompt, and when
it asks you for your shell, type "/bin/csh".

At the next prompt, do "mount -u /" and "mount /usr". I hope you
didn't *remove* the shell :)

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by **Jens Schweikhar** » Tue, 15 Apr 1997 04:00:00

# > I installed bash2 from the ports collection, then made a symbolic link
# > like
# >
# > ln -s /bin/sh /usr/local/bin/sh
#
# Do you mean "ln -s /usr/local/bin/bash /bin/sh" ?

This is a *bad* idea, IMHO. /bin/sh is needed shortly after booting,
but before /usr or /usr/local may be mounted. You can shoot yourself
in the foot this way.

# > Now the computer won't boot.

Bang! :-)

Make sure you have a statically linked /bin/sh (because if
it's dynamically linked and /usr/lib/lib* ist not mounted
yet you also shoot your other foot) and boot again.

If you want another shell for root, add a new user with uid 0
and your favorite shell. Isn't user toor already intended for
this use?

Jens
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by **Dan Odo** » Tue, 15 Apr 1997 04:00:00

> I installed bash2 from the ports collection, then made a symbolic link
> like

> ln -s /bin/sh /usr/local/bin/sh

> Now the computer won't boot.

It sounds like your /usr partition isn't mounted when something wants
sh. My advice is to let /bin/sh be and just use chsh to change your
personal shell to bash.

Quote:
> My questions is, how do I mount the root file system after
> booting up the boot floppy?

> mount -t <fstype> /dev/wd0

> I am not sure of the <fstype>, I could look in /etc/fstab, but I have to
> be mounted first to do that! :-)

Just mount /dev/wd0 / should do it (I think).

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by **Wilko Bul** » Tue, 15 Apr 1997 04:00:00

>I installed bash2 from the ports collection, then made a symbolic link
>like
>ln -s /bin/sh /usr/local/bin/sh
>Now the computer won't boot.

Not surprising since there are shell scripts that need to be executed
by /bin/sh before /usr is mounted.

Quote:>My questions is, how do I mount the root file system after
>booting up the boot floppy?
>mount -t <fstype> /dev/wd0

Something like

mount /dev/wd0a /mnt

should mount the root of the harddisk. Assuming it's really wd0 etc

Wilko

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by **J Wuns** » Tue, 15 Apr 1997 04:00:00

> I installed bash2 from the ports collection, then made a symbolic link
> like

> ln -s /bin/sh /usr/local/bin/sh

You shouldn't do _this_. :) The default /bin/sh is good enough for
the daily jobs of a shell anyway (including a commandline editor,
and most of the Posix features), and much less bloated. Remember,
each system(3) library call will create an instance of this shell.

If at all, build a statically compiled version of bash, and install
this one.

Quote:> Now the computer won't boot.

Sure. /sbin/init wants to run ``sh -c /etc/rc''. But there's no
/usr yet...

Quote:> My questions is, how do I mount the root file system after
> booting up the boot floppy?

You don't need a boot floppy. :)

Quote:> mount -t <fstype> /dev/wd0

> I am not sure of the <fstype>, ...

...nor do you need the fstype at all (it's "ufs", for the curious).
But, you need to remember the -u option to mount(8) (update).

So now, boot your machine single-user, that's the -s option at the
boot: prompt. Once /sbin/init has been loaded, it will ask you for
the single-user shell, defaulting to /bin/sh. Since you don't have
this one, pick /bin/csh. ;-) Then, check your filesystems, and mount
them read/write:

fsck -p
mount -a -t local

If your only concern would have been to mount the root f/s read/write,
this is:

mount -u /

Btw., there's another instance of a /bin/sh available as /stand/sh.
But, _don't_ copy this one into /bin, instead make it a link. It's
the huge merged sysinstall binary, a megabyte-heavy thing. You don't
want multiple copies of it.

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Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)

by **Phil Crow** » Fri, 18 Apr 1997 04:00:00

> > I installed bash2 from the ports collection, then made a symbolic link
> > like

> > ln -s /bin/sh /usr/local/bin/sh

> Do you mean "ln -s /usr/local/bin/bash /bin/sh" ?

yes, thanks... :-)

Quote:
> > Now the computer won't boot.

> ;O

> > My questions is, how do I mount the root file system after
> > booting up the boot floppy?
> .
> > mount -t <fstype> /dev/wd0

> > I am not sure of the <fstype>, I could look in /etc/fstab, but I have to
> > be mounted first to do that! :-)

> "mount /dev/wd0a /mnt".

> You don't need to do this. Just type "-s" at the boot prompt, and when
> it asks you for your shell, type "/bin/csh".

> At the next prompt, do "mount -u /" and "mount /usr". I hope you
> didn't *remove* the shell :)

ok, its fixed now, the biggest problem is that the computer is 1200
miles away, so I was not sure who/how it would actually get fixed.

It apparently was sitting at the boot prompt and was able to mount the
root file system and fortunately I did "mv /bin/sh /bin/sh.orig" first.
:-)

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