I don't thik that I made clear that I can still move around the system 
some as myself.  That limits what I can do though since I can't su or 
logout and login as root.  Fortunately, I use bash as my shell, but root 
uses csh.  bash is in /usr/local/bin so I still have it.  I can't change 
any of root's login files, because I don't have permission.

Something just occured to me.  Could I shutdown by issuing the command 
"/usr2/sbin/shutdown -r now"?  Is there something the kernel would look 
for on shutdown that it won't be able to find with /bin and /altroot 
gone?  Hey wait, if shutdown lives in /sbin, I still have it.  It should 
still work, right?

Sorry for the stream of consciousness stuff, but this has me really spun 
up!

>Oh boy!  I may have stepped in it this time!
>
>I have a IIci running 1.3_alpha on a 540MB Quantum Maverick drive using 
>GENERICSBC#48.  Mounted in the case in one of my nubus slots is a Purple 
>Bullet, a deveice that lets me mount a 2.5" drive on a nubus card and use 
>it like a normal drive.  This 2.5" drive is a 160MB Quantum GO drive that 
>I used to use as my primary/only NetBSD drive.  It still has NetBSD 1.2C 
>loaded on it, minus the kernel.
>
>I wanted to clear this drive off, load the 1.3_alpha src on it (among 
>other things) and then make some symbolic links to directories on this 
>drive to off-load some of the stuff on the 540MB Maverick.
>
>Apparently I was not careful about what I put on the command line while 
>using rm and it seems I have removed the /altroot and /bin directories 
>from my primary 1.3_alpha drive.  Any suggestions on how I can get those 
>files back, or otherwise undo what I have done?  My plan right now is to:
>
>1) shut off the computer (I can't shutdown because I can't log in as root. 
> Root uses the csh shell, which went away with /bin),
>
>2) reboot into the MacOS,
>
>3) cpin GENERICSBC#26 and base1.3_alpha onto the GO160MB drive with the 
>Installer,
>
>4) boot into the GO160MB and use tar to re-install base1.3_alpha,
>
>5) shutdown and reboot into the 540MB drive as usual, and 
>
>6) be more careful with rm in the future, or find a better way to clear 
>some space on that drive.
>
>Will this plan work?  Can anyone else offer me an alternative? Will I need 
>to re-install more than base?
>
>TIA,
>
>Sean.


T. Sean (Theo) Schulze
71410.25@compuserve.com
TSSchulze@aol.com

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