On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Jens Adam <jra@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Sun, 11 Oct 2015 19:17:53 -0700 > "Ian D. Scott" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> I had a fun time fixing that by scp'ing a staically linked busybox over >> using another system, decompressing the old package with that, using >> machinectl shell to gain root access, and then running pacman with >> LD_LIBRARY_PATH to where I decompressed the package to restore it. But >> then, I didn't even have to reboot! >> >> Note to self (and others): keep a statically linked suid root copy of >> busybox handy. > > Nice one! +1 > > I got unlucky as well but as it's just my old, not-so-important > notebook and I had the archiso USB key within arm's reach, I simply > pulled the plug. > > Perfect opportunity to plug this old DynDNS host of mine: > > http://allan.broke-it.net > > SCNR ;-) > > --byte I KNEW it =) This sort of thing only seems to happen after I happen to reformat the last archISO USB drive to copy a slightly larger file from one place the another....
