missing /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1 ... not found
Peter Leftwich
Hostmaster at Video2Video.Com
Sat Dec 27 14:53:33 PST 2003
On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 12:34:17AM -0500, Peter Leftwich wrote:
> > The problem I now have is that I would like to mount_msdos a regular floppy
> > then copy ("cp" or "cpio?") a file from it called ld-elf.so.1 to the
> > mounted partition which contains FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE on my hard disk.
> > Typing just "mount" is not found. Oddly enough, typing "help" or "cd /bin"
> > then "./help" says "Permission denied." I cannot locate a "mount" binary,
> > however, I found "mount_nfs" and "mount_mfs" so would either of those work
> > for mounting both an msdos floppy then my 4.7 partition? Then must I use
> > cpio to copy "A:\ld-elf.so.1" over to the 4.7 partition??
>
> You can write the file direct to the floppy device /dev/fd0 as if it
> was a tape. No need to mount any sort of filesystem. Since you have
> cpio(1) available use:
> # cd /usr/libexec
Now, will the command above change to my live system's /usr/libexec
directory, or a "pretend" one that exists only in RAM (ie. the way that the
emergency holographic shell exists in a "/ramdisk" if you will)?
> # echo ./ld-elf.so.1 | cpio -o > /dev/fd0
When you say "write the file direct" do you mean that my system's "/" root
directory may also be directly written to, without having to first mount it??!
> Then to extract the file:
> # cd /usr/libexec
> # cpio -i < /dev/fd0
> Cheers,
> Matthew
> Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks
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My apologies. This all seems a little scary, and does not sound proper...
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Peter Leftwich
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