Trashed Hardy on update

[joris abadie]

hardy update = install again


2008/3/13, Jared Greenwald <greenwaldjared at gmail.com>:
>
> Also, just noticed that this has been fixed and new package is in the
> mirrors as libc6-2.7-9ubuntu2.  So, if you got bitten by this and
> haven't rebooted yet, you should be able to apply this and be fine.
>
>
> -Jared
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Jared Greenwald
> <greenwaldjared at gmail.com> wrote:
> > This is in the topic of the #ubuntu+1 channel on freenode:
> >  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=722886
> >
> >
> >
> >  On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Francisco Borges
> >  <francisco.borges at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  > Hello Nigel,
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >  On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Nigel Ridley <nigel at rmk.co.il>
> wrote:
> >  >
> >  >  >  Now I can't boot normally and even in recovery mode, regardless
> of which
> >  >  >  kernel I choose, I get to:
> >  >  >  Check root= bootarg cat /proc.cmdline
> >  >  >  or missing modules, devices: cat /proc/modules ls /dev
> >  >  >  ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/long_string_of_alphanumeric_stuff does
> not
> >  >  >  exist. Dropping to a shell!
> >  >  >  BusyBox v1.1.3 9Debian 1:1.1.3-5ubuntu12) Built-in shell (ash)
> >  >  >  Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
> >  >
> >  >  That sounds like.... hum... loads of fun!!
> >  >
> >  >  Think in a positive way Nigel!! You're in for a lot of fun!
> >  >
> >  >  [...]
> >  >
> >  >  My **guess** is that you'll probably need to 'rescue" your system.
> >  >
> >  >  Rescuing something with a broken libc will IIRC
> >  >  - involve booting a Live CD,
> >  >  - setting up a bootstraped environment (I really don't remember the
> >  >  command for it).
> >  >
> >  >  then you'll either download whichever packages you'll need to
> >  >  reinstall, or get network on the bootstraped system.
> >  >
> >  >  and then reinstall/upgrade whatever is broken
> >  >
> >  >  If you google for "Linux rescue" you may find more information on
> how
> >  >  to do it....
> >  >
> >  >  Once you have done it. You can be proud of yourself, and get to
> treat
> >  >  your self with ice-cream. At least that is what I did every time I
> had
> >  >  to rescue a system.
> >  >
> >  >  [...]
> >  >
> >  >  I don't know if that consoles you, but I may be on the same boat ;-)
> >  >  upgraded in the morning, saw the broken libc, but I had to go to
> work.
> >  >  So I hibernated.
> >  >
> >  >  Cheers,
> >  >  --
> >  >  Francisco
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
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