Re: exec: 426: chroot: not found
Lourens Steenkamp <lourens@dorje.co.za> writes:
> Hello,
>
> I broke my system and do not have a clue about getting it up and running
> again.
>
> Here are the last few lines displayed before she stops:
> Attached scsi disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun0
> kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
> EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
> exec: 426: chroot: not found
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
>
> Background:
> This was my first attempt at an AMD64 installation.
> A new machine, a nice AMD64 HOW-TO, sid-amd64-netboot CD.
> Installation went smoothly and all but Openoffice.org worked just fine.
> I did a minimum install and used apt to install only what I wanted.
>
> wrt OO:
> - followed "Using an IA32 chroot to run 32bit applications" in
> the AMD64 HOW-TO
> - apt-get install ia32-libs
> - followed the "Installing a Debian IA32 chroot system" but did not
> do "ln -s /var/chroot/sid-ia32/lib/ld-2.3.2.so ld-linux.so.2" as a link
> existed to /emul/ia32-linux/lib/ld-linux.so.2 ??
> - did "apt-get install dchroot" immediately after the "apt-get install
> chroot" (I interpreted the "Leave the chroot and install the dchroot
> package" line in the HOW-TO to not mean "Leave out / skip the chroot
> ..." ?)
>
> - OO would start (in XFCE4) but without the "File Edit Tools Window
> Help" options visible, Alt-F would display the drop-down menu and I
> could open a new doc. The new doc also had no "File Edit etc" visible.
>
> I decide (dangerous move ...) that it had something to do with the link
> mentioned above so I move the /emul/ia32-linux/lib/ld-linux.so.2 link to
> something else and did the ln -s /var/chroot/sid-ia32/lib/ld-2.3.2.so
> ld-linux.so.2 thing folowed by a ldconfig - no change in OO.
> I then deleted the newly created ld-linux.so link and tried to mv the
> previously moved link back - I found that I could not exec anything in
> /bin!
You must have deleted the 64bit ld.
> Ctrl-Backspace closed XFCE4.
> I used SSL from another machine, but could not exec anything.
> Panic - I hit the reset switch ... and there was my error message.
>
> I then booted with Knoppix, restored the original
> /emul/ia32-linux/lib/ld-linux.so.2 link.
> No change.
>
> I have played around with /etc/ld.so.conf and /etc/fstab without any
> success.
> I cannot do a chroot from the Knoppix boot as I get a
> "/bin/bash: exec error"
> Should I try to remove the "chroot" and how would I do this?
> Recovery mode makes no difference.
> Running kernel 2.6.9-9.amd64-k8
>
> Google did not help with this specific problem and I could not find
> anything usefull in the AMD64 archives.
>
> Any assistance will be deeply appreciated.
>
> Regards and Thanks
>
> *****
>
> Lourens Steenkamp
> Enjoying Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r2
>
> *****
>
> Here is bigger than you can imagine,
> Now is forever ...
> Bruce Cockburn : "Messenger Wind"
>
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