On Sun, Jun 06, 1999 at 12:34:23AM -0500, Brad wrote: It was my assumption that the original poster hadn't made any changes to the old /lib directory - hence the only change required is to remove the fstab entry and reboot... However, if the original poster had deleted the original /lib directory, then procedure below would be required. > Assuming the technical explanation below is right, it's possible. > 1. Install sash or something just in case it severely breaks. > 2. Make sure you know how to boot to single user mode, using sash as the > shell. This is important in case you hose everything that you have a > chance to restore. > 3. Get a copy of the Debian installation boot disk. Remember that you can > do Alt-F2 to get to a VC when the install screen comes up. Make sure > you can do this. This is in case your system gets _really_ hosed. > 4. telinit 1 might not be a bad idea. > 5. Let's assume you're going to use /mnt/hdc in the next step. Add that > directory to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH > 6. Umount /lib and remount it on that directory from step 5 (/mnt/hdc i'll > assume) (using sash for this step might be a Good Idea) > 7. Copy (cp -a) everything from /mnt/hdc to /lib (which should show the > files you were mounting over all this time) > 8. Copy down the proper entry from /etc/fstab, Just In Case. > 9. Remove that proper entry from /etc/fstab, so it won't mount over /lib > anymore. > A. Cross your fingers and reboot to see if it works. > > Suggestions are welcome. i haven't tested this, so it could VERY easily be > wrong. At least i tried to be excessively paranoid... It looks ok to me... > > Now for the bad news - mounting /lib on another partition will not work > > (someone please tell me if I am wrong) because the libraries in it are > > required for booting the computer, and before partitions other then > > the root partition have been mounted. If you can find a to > > boot up to the point where /lib is mounted, everything should > > be OK.... > > i _think_ it might be ok, but don't quote me on that. At any rate, /usr > would be a much better thing to stick on a separate partition. This is the first problem you will have: # ldd /sbin/init libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4000f000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000) /sbin/init is the first program to run after the kernel has been booted. It needs the above files from /lib otherwise it wont work. Now, if /sbin/init, /sbin/mount, /bin/sh, etc were all statically linked, it might work, but that is a topic for another thread. > Personally i prefer pine, but that's just because it's the mua i learned > first. And i despise vi as a mail editor ;) I use vim ;-) -- Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>
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