arodriguez31@cfl.rr.com wrote: > the chroot step didn't work, rr webmail is being a pain, loging me out every 5 sec, sorry if send this mail twice, dont know if it made it Hmm, it worked before though, are you sure you followed the exact same steps (mkdir /mnt/debian, then mount /dev/<root> /mnt/debian, then chroot /mnt/debian /bin/bash)? > is chroot indispensible for the dpkg reinstallation? It's much easier with the chroot, but it's possible without chrooting. Just a brief overview on how chroot (the program not the C function) works: 1. make some directory e.g. /mnt/debian the new root (/) for the current process 2. cd into / (/mnt/debian to the rest of the computer) 3. run another program e.g. /bin/bash (/mnt/debian/bin/bash to the rest of the computer) What that effectively does is put you 'in' your debian system even though the computer is running knoppix. -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GAT/CM$/CS>$/CC/IT$/M/S/O/U dpu s+:++ !a C++$>C+++$ UB+++>++++$L++++$*-- P+>++$ L+++(++++)$ E-(---) W+++>$ N(+) o? K- w--(---) O? M V? PS++@ PE-@ Y+@ PGP++(+++)>$ t? 5? X? R tv--(-) b++(+++)@ DI? D? G e->++++ h* r? z* ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ David Mandelberg webmaster@eth0.is-a-geek.org
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