UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I was creating some space in my /usr directory to install a new package. As root I had moved some of the big ones and replace them with links to the new locations. for some reason I then thought it a good idea to move /usr/lib to /export/home. After doing that absolutely nothing worked, not su, mv, cp, pkgadd, ls, etc. etc. etc.. about the only thing I could do was change up and down directories.

Please help, is there anything I can do to recover from this apart from reinstalling solaris. I can't even log in now.

/usr/lib folder is where all the users library files reside. It contains many *.c files needed for execute application like su, cp, mv Etc. Include login's. Try to login as root and recover the folder back to its existing location. Are you able to do so ? since you cant login as su how abput login as root. ? If this methods doesnt help, then i guess you need to reinstall the OS again. Neway maybe some others have some logic explanation on this problem.

sorry I can't login period, one of my other mistakes was to move openwin to a different location and I didn't link it. doh!

Halt the system - boot -s cdrom (bootable Solaris cd )
You will be logged in as root. Mount your /usr device onto /a and
your /export/home device onto /mnt.
Example - your slice may be different:
# mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3 /a
# mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s6 /mnt

Move the directory from /mnt to /a.
Unmount both /mnt and /a
fsck both partitions
halt the system
boot -s
Check to see if things are working now
Post back

I was thinking the same thing. perhapse you could boot from a floppy and use a primitive
kernel as a restoration method. if you can use this to move your files back, you should be
fine.