On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:43:10 -0500, Jerome Acks Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 03:29:35PM +0000, Pigeon wrote: >> On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 07:24:56 +0000, Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> >Nah - no luck. Rescue disk has no dpkg. It's the same as the boot >> >image you get in the Debian 2.1 single CD. > >Instead of using rescue disk you could try tomsrtbt at >http://www.toms.net/rb/. Thanks - will try it - grabbing. >> >I tried copying /lib/* and /etc/ld.so.cache from the rescue disk to >> >the hard drive. Now the kernel can find init, but it still gets an >> >error loading shared libraries - undefined symbol: stderr - and panics >> >(unsurprisingly). Same with rescue 2.2.12 kernel and my 2.4.18. >> > >> Am I right in thinking that all ldconfig does is update the symlinks >> and /etc/ld.so.c[ache|onf]? If so, isn't all I need to know, what is >> the binary data at the beginning of /etc/ld.so.cache, and how to >> calculate it? > >From man page: > > ldconfig creates the necessary links and cache (for use by the run-time > linker, ld.so) to the most recent shared libraries found in the direc- > tories specified on the command line, in the file /etc/ld.so.conf, and > in the trusted directories (/usr/lib and /lib). ldconfig checks the > header and file names of the libraries it encounters when determining > which versions should have their links updated. ldconfig ignores sym- > bolic links when scanning for libraries. > I've read that! What I wanted to know is how to calculate the (what looks like) binary data at the beginning of /etc/ld.so.cache. (And how unLinuxy that is!) >> I'm also limited in my ability to experiment because the Linux box is >> too broken to run tar/gzip so I can't unpack debs from my CD to >> restore stuff from. ar still works, and WinZip can handle .tar.gz >> format, so it's sort of possible with a lot of rebooting to swap OS. >> Is there a Win98 archiver that can unpack debs? > >You can unpack debs with ar. See >http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-package.en.html#s6.2.9 > Nonono you didn't read my post! I'm trying to do exactly what this page suggests. ar still works, so I can get to the control & data .tar.gz stage. But tar/gzip don't work. So I have to copy the .tar.gzs onto my DOS partition, reboot into Windoze and unpack them with WinZip. I can't then put the unpacked versions back on the DOS partition cos the long filenames get mangled, and the rescue kernel can't handle VFAT so I can't mount my Windoze partition. So I have to burn them onto a CD. This procedure is a pain in the butt, and a Win98 app that understands ar format would cut out a reboot or two. However, the rest of that page had some useful stuff on it, so thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
