Hi Kenny. What I meant is that the base system tarball should contain the directory structure necessary i.e., /usr/bin/progname, /usr/local/bin/progname, /lib/libfile.so, etc etc. So what I meant was let's say I cd'ed to / within my chroot shell and typed tar zxvf basefile.tgz. It should theoretically extract to all appropriate directories including /lib and /usr? And if base-files isn't all includd in the tarball, do you know what other packages comprise it? Because what I figured I would do is extract the tarball to / and it should extract to all its directories contained in the structure. So my restore process would go something like this. 1. boot the rescue/root potato disks (this is all I have for the moment). 2. mount /dev/hda2 /target. 3. mount /dev/hda3 /target/usr. 4. chroot /target. 5. cd. 6. su -. 7. examine /etc/lilo.conf and make sure things are set up properly. 8. cd /. 9. tar zxvf basefile.tgz. 10. /sbin/lilo. 11. exit su and exit chroot shell. 12. umount /target/usr. 13. umount /target. 14. reboot with ctrl+alt+del. One more thing. I don't have access to another cdrw drive in order to transfer the base system to my Linux system. Does anyone know of a good file splitter for tat other os that will allow me to split a given file into 1.44 mb chunks? Bc I have about 50-100 or so floppies here so I can do that. And then I will just cat all the split files together once they are all coppied. The only reason I ask is because I know there are numerous file splitters out there, I just figured I would ask for recommendations. So does the above procedure work for restoring my system? Thanks all again for all the help! > Hi. No, base-files is a package. Try downloading the base system and > untaring it into an empty directory. I'm not sure if base-files is all > that's included in the base system tar ball. If the-files package is > all that's in a base system tar ball, you can try installing it with > > dpkg -i base-files*.deb > > This command assumes you are in the same directory as the base-files > package. > > > Kenny > > > n Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 12:15:50PM +0000, igueths at attbi.com wrote: > > Hi Kenny. Assuming the libs won't work even after I chroot, can I just > download > > the base system from the latest stable version onto a Cd, and then untar it > > from the chroot shell? As in chroot /target cd tar zxvf basefile.tgz? > > > Hi. Not sure what caused your problem, but I'm almost certain that when > > > you copied the potato boot disk's /lib to /target/lib you made things > > > worse. > > > The libraries on the install disk are stripped down versions. The files > > > you see in /lib after an install were unpacked from the base system. > > > Also, the files in /lib have likely been updated since you first > > > installed the system. If you've dist-upgraded to Woody since the > > > install most of /lib was replaced with newer versions. > > > > > > The way to run the lilo on your installed system if you have booted from > > > a rescue disk is to chroot into /target first. That way, the system > > > should use the corect lilo and shared libs. Since you have already done > > > the cp command, it might be to late. > > > > > > If I'm wrong then hopefully someone will corect me. > > > Kenny > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 08:32:17PM -0700, Igor Gueths wrote: > > > > Hi Greg. Well, I can access all the data on the drive just fine. However, > I > > > > can't boot from the hard disk. Lilo just does what I described earlier in > > > > the previous post. I also can't do anything to the already installed lilo > > > > from the rescue floppies, because I get that error while loading shared > > > > libraries. I do not have another Linux box to aid in this restoration > > > > process. And restoring the libs from the rescue disk to the target /lib > > > > didn't do anything. The files got coppied, but I got the same error. Does > > > > loading shared libraries. ./Lilo: Symbol __cxa_atexit, version > glibc_1.2.3, > > > > not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference. I tried copying > the > > > > /lib directory from the rescue flopppy (root floppy) to /target/lib, and > no > > > > effect. I still got the same error. And this box still will not reboot. > And > > > > I do not want to install my entire system over again. Is there any way I > can > > > > restore Lilo/all the libs without having to re-install everything? Has > > > > anyone encountered this error before and if so how did you fix it? Thanks! > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
