Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > heres the story... > I need samba....the samba package I got said it needed libc6...so I > tried > to install libc6 > it said libc5 was the problem and it couldn't oinstall... > so rather than thinking...I found the dpkg options to tell it to remove > libc5...and in an expediant fashion...which it happily did > then I found I could do nothing...wlel no..I could "cd" and "echo *" to > emulate ls > and I could logout > can I save this system? > I have a boot floppy..and all my original 8 debian install disks... > any suggestions? > -Steve
Ok - here's what you need to do: Get a copy of the libc5 that's in bo - say, ftp://ftp.debian.org/pub/debian/bo/binary-i386/base/libc5_5.4.33-6.deb Put this on an extra floppy and boot your machine with the install set (which also doubles as a rescue set). Go through the menus, being careful never to go through the step about partitioning your disk nor through the step about initializing your linux partitions - choose the alternate route of "mounting a previously initialized partition." Once you've mounted all your disk partitions through the menus, before doing anything else, hit alt-F2 to get to the screen with an actual prompt. Then, insert the floppy with the libc5 on it, and: mount /dev/fd0 -t msdos /floppy /target/usr/bin/dpkg --root=/target -i /floppy/libc5*deb Hopefully, this will succeed and you can then hit alt-f1 to get back to the menus and choose the appropriate menu item to reboot your system. Then, before you THINK about upgrading to libc6, read the libc5-libc6 mini-howto, at http://www.gate.net/~storm/FAQ/libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.html There are indeed samba packages available for libc5; you don't need to go libc6 just to do samba. (and given how big a pain it is to convert to libc6, you'll probably want to wait). -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
