Re: ld-linux broken

In comp.os.linux.misc Bob Tennent <BobT@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
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

Looks not that bad, albeit I'd test this on a similar system
locally to be sure. You'd perhaps need to tell rpm where the rpmdb
of the actual system is.

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

Mh, see above.

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