/usr/lib problem

[Scott D. Allen]

I inadvertently (oops) moved /usr/lib to /usr/oldlib. Now my box is hosed. I can boot to S but I can't mv /usr/oldlib /usr/lib or anything. Suggestions?

--Scott

[Kofi ARTHIABAH]

Are you able to mount /usr ? - you would have to mount /usr before you can move /usr/oldlib to /usr/oldlib

PS. I take it you do not have an Ignite boot image for the box eh?

[Rick Garland]

If you can boot to S, mount available filesystems.
This should make the commands available so you can copy or move back to /usr/lib

[Scott D. Allen]

I tried booting into Single user mode and mounted /usr manually. However, every command I tried issued an error about not being able to access /usr/lib/dld.so or something. So, I couldn't move oldlib to lib.

I don't have any Ignite or bootable media. I'm open to suggestions at this point.

--Scott

[Alan Riggs]

Try going to lvm maintenance mode. Mount the lvol for /usr on a different mountpoint (/dir for instance). Then mv /dir/oldlib /dir/lib.

[Alan Riggs]

Gorgot to specify -- always reboot out of lvm maintenance mode. Do not use init to climb run levels.

[Patrick Wessel · Accepted solution]

Have you tried to use the commands under /sbin instead of /usr/bin? (use absolute path names) They don't need the dld.sl
Or try to boot the support CD and mount your original file system. At this point you can work with commands loaded into main memory and you don't need the libs on the disk

[Scott D. Allen]

Sounds good. How do I get into LVM maintenance mode?

--Scott

[Scott D. Allen]

Thanks! /sbin/mv oldlib lib worked!

--Scott