"Daniel Whelan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > OK folks...it looks like I've got myself a bit of a problem. Suffice to say, > the libc.so.6 on one of my boxes got wiped out. Unfortunately, I'm nowhere > near > the box, and only have a semi-computer-literate "remote hands" at the > location, > without any boot disks (well, there was one, but it doesn't boot anymore). So, > I figure the best solution is to make some sort of boot disk with just enough > to boot up, mount the filesystem, and either copy libc.so.6 from a floppy or > download it from a machine. Then I could walk him through creating a floppy > from a disk image, and all would be well. Any suggestions on this?
Well, I would say to just use the Debian install disks. They should be suitable for use as a rescue disk. (I don't quite remember how to get at the shell, but it's there somewhere.) It's not the single-disk solution, but at least you know it works. Hubert.
