Ben, Thanks. Since my original aim was to downgrade my g++ from 2.95.4 to 2.95.2, I had briefly switched from woody to potato in order to get the older version of g++. Thus my system is currently a mix, and the libc file I'm trying to install is from the potato version, but the rest of my system is woody. I had been using the potato rescue and root disks, but I've just switched to using the woody disks.
With the woody rescue & boot disks the error message has changed. Now, when I try to run dpkg-deb, I get /target/usr/bin/dpkg-deb: relocation error: /target/usr/bin/dpkg-deb: symbol fgetpos, version GLIBC_2.2 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link time reference. ...ldconfig runs. But when I reboot (using the hard drive) I still get the same message: init: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.2' not found (required by init) Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! do you have any other recommendations? Thanks, Scott On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Ben Collins wrote: > On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 05:05:48PM +0100, Scott H. Hawley wrote: > > > > # dpkg --x /mnt/var/cache/apt/archives/libc6*deb /mnt > > /mnt/usr/bin/dpkg: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.2.3' not found > > (required by /mnt/usr/bin/dpkg) > > > > Make sure you are using a rescue disk that corresponds to your running > system (e.g. potato for potato system). > > > Ben > > -- > .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. > / Ben Collins -- Debian GNU/Linux \ > ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' > `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---' > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ............................................................................... Dr. Scott H. Hawley Office 1.33 http://www.aei-potsdam.mpg.de/~shawley MPI f?r Gravitationsphysik, Albert-Einstein-Institut Tel. +49 (331) 567-7327 Am M?hlenberg 1, D-14476 Golm, Germany Fax +49 (331) 567-7298
