Since you've still got a valid shell why not just copy bash to /bin/csh
and then log in as root?  Granted, you'll be running under bash but at
least you'll be running! 

On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, T. Sean (Theo) Schulze wrote:

> 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
> 
> Hope is not a course of action.  (But prayer is a combat multiplier.)
> 
> 
> 
> 

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