Re: Current problems with libc6_2.1.1-2
On Mon, May 10, 1999 at 02:43:39PM +0530, Sanjeev Gupta wrote:
> Folks,
>
> There has been talk on this for over a week, but I haven't seen a solution
> posted. I have managed to take control of my machine, by booting
> "init=/bin/sh", and starting the network manually. Even downloaded
> libc6_2.1.1-3, which I assume will fix the problem.
>
> I have seen others also talking about the problem, but there doesn't seem
> to be a solution posted.
>
> However, the installation fails, as tar fails (chown problem).
Are you running a 2.2 kernel?
> Any solutions? Please keep the subject line the same, I will summarize
> twice daily.
The solution currently is to run a 2.2 kernel (except on sun4m which
requires >= 2.2.7).
The preinst checks for the correct kernel version and fails otherwise. We
are still trying to find a way to get this to work with kernel 2.2 without
regard to the sun4m problem.
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