> > When installing a newer version of glibc the installation failed due
> > to space problems. After that I accidentily rebooted, and of course no
> > succesful boot up after that :(
> >
> > Trying to restore the situation was very troublesome, since my CD
> > with possibility to boot with 'linux rescue' was with rpm v3, and my
> > current installation is running rawhide with rpm v4.
>
> To reinstall glibc:
> 1. Boot your Red Hat CD with 'linux rescue';
> 2. Mount all needed partitions (/, /etc, /lib, /usr, /var - most of time
> just /);
> 3. chroot to root:
> # chroot <root-mount-point>
> 4. reinstall glibc:
> # rpm -Uvh --force <path-to>/glibc-<whatever>.rpm
>
> I never tested but should work since rpm is statically linked ;)
It didn't work when I tried it.
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