Bug#22393: marked as done (libc on rescue disk lacks mkfifo)
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From: bernd@fki.dtu.dk (Bernd Dammann)
Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 10:15:01 +0200
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Subject: libc on rescue disk lacks mkfifo
Cc: bernd@fki.dtu.dk
Package: bootdisk
Version: Debian-1.3.1.r7
When booting from the rescue floppy, tar can't be used to restore a
backup of the root filesystem. It fails to create some of the
devices, e.g. /dev/initctl, with the error message "Missing symbol
'mkfifo'." This function is missing in the libc that comes with the
rescue disk.
A workaround is to exclude all critical files from the backup, and then
creating them manually after the system is restored (using the mkfifo
command and the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable, pointing to a complete
libc). However, if one forgets to create /dev/initctl, the system
can't be booted. IMHO, a "rescue" disk should allow to restore a
backup of the system.
Regards,
Bernd Dammann
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