On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 10:10:44PM +0200, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: > Daniel Dalton wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 09:53:36PM -0500, zhang zhengquan wrote: > >> Dear debian users, > > > > Good afternoon > > > >> I have installed some boot splash related packages on my girlfriends > >> laptop running sid, > >> and it turned out that it is unable to boot after that, > > > > Ah damn! :) > > > >> I have a system rescue cd that boots well in to another linux on the > >> cdrom. > > > > Great. > > > >> > >> I wonder if it is possible to uninstall the package installed on > >> debian using the system rescue cd? > > > > I'm sure it is... Perhaps not the best way: but you could mount the > > partition eg. > > mount /dev/sda1 /mountpoint > > > > Now just run > > a find command on /usr or whatever directory it is installed in and > > delete the binaries. Otherwise just find out which start up script is > > I wouldn't do the last part > > I would do > > sudo chroot /mountpoint sh - > > dpkg --purge <list of installed packages> Thanks, this is exactly what I wanted to know.
Z > > but to fix the bootloader so that it may boot is another issue. > > I also think it's possible that initram was recreated and got broken, which > would make recovery not that easy. Still it's an idea. > > regards > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
