Re: I finally bricked my NetBSD system

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Bob Bernstein <poobah%ruptured-duck.com@localhost> writes:

> There's a long back-story to this event, but it's not important.
>
> Suffice to say that I removed all the packages from my system,
> including the shell I like at /usr/pkg/bin/tcsh, and now all my
> attempts to login are rejected because the shell cannot be found.
>
> Is there a work-around?

1) remember the root password and log in as root on the console.  If you
changed the root shell away from /bin/sh, see step 2 but do not change
it ever again.

2) boot single user, by hitting space during the countdown and "boot
-s".  hit return for sh.  Once there, type "fsck -p" to fix any issues.
Then  "mount -a".   Then put back the shell with pkg_add, or use vipw to
change your shell back to /bin/sh.