Re: ld-linux broken

On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:00:38 +0200, Michael Heiming wrote:
In comp.os.linux.misc Bob Tennent <BobT@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
An attempted downgrade of glibc from 2.3.6 to 2.3.5 (because of network
problems) using rpm --oldpackage has gone badly wrong. If I try and start
anything, even ls, I get

-bash: /bin/ls: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: bad ELF interpreter: No such file
or directory

Can the system be rescued?

Sure, boot from rescue CD/etc and "relocate" packages using rpm.

Thanks. Unfortunately the system is located a few thousand miles away
in my daughter's residence, so I'm going to ask you to verify that I'm
interpreting your suggestion correctly: boot from a rescue CD, fsck the
partitions (the box had to be switched off), mount the partitions, cd to
where the RPMs are, and then do

rpm -U --noscripts --replacepkgs --relocate /=<root mountpoint> rpms

It may be easier to just upgrade to FC5. Would an upgrade fsck dirty
partitions automatically?

Bob T.
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