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URGENT HELP, BOOTLOADER ISSUE
Hi All,
I just echoed linux_enable="YES" to the end of /boot/loader rather than /boot/loader.conf I was in a hurry and hit tab and went. Is this bad? What do I need to do to fix it. This is on my workstation so when I try to reboot, I have a feeling it wont be coming back.... Thanks! -=Tom |
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How did you echo?
The second command only will have appended linux_enable=YES to the end of the program/binary loader which usually is not that harmful. I just did this on OpenBSD Code:
$ mkdir temp $ cd temp $ cp /bin/ls . $ ls -l total 448 -r-xr-xr-x 1 j65nko j65nko 210416 Aug 23 01:20 ls $ chmod +w ls $ ls -l total 448 -rwxr-xr-x 1 j65nko j65nko 210416 Aug 23 01:20 ls $ echo echo linux_enable="YES" >>ls $ ls -l total 448 -rwxr-xr-x 1 j65nko j65nko 210438 Aug 23 01:21 ls $ ./ls -l total 448 -rwxr-xr-x 1 j65nko j65nko 210438 Aug 23 01:21 ls From man loader Code:
DESCRIPTION The program called loader is the final stage of FreeBSD's kernel boot- strapping process. On IA32 (i386) architectures, it is a BTX client. It is linked statically to libstand(3) and usually located in the directory /boot.
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I echoed it >> (append) and I figured it wasn't completely the end of the world, as there is always a way to fix it in FBSD. I followed ephemera's advice and it was a success. I had to wait until today to try and reboot because I had to finish an assignment first :-O. Thank you all very very much. Just one more prime example of how FreeBSD won't hold your hand :-), which is why I love it.
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