I tried adding glibc, but it reqired 91 megs, which filled the filesystem (as I only had 50 megs free.... well... time to start again....
Jamie On Monday 25 February 2002 23:03, you wrote: > On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Linux Rocks ! wrote: > > After checking out /bin/sh and /bin/bash, I found that if I tried > > executing bash, it complained /mnt/bin/bash: error in loading shared > > llibraries: libdl.so.2: connot open shared object file: No such file or > > directory So... I looked and there was no /mnt/lib/libdl.so.2 (but ther > > was libdl.so.1.9.9) So... I made a symlink from libdl.so.2 to > > libdl.so.1.9.9 and get another error about libc.so.5 (but I dont seem to > > have one...) so... I copyied the bash that on the floppy (its a different > > file than the bash on the disk....) to /mnt/bin/bash (and saved > > /mnt/bin/bash as bash.orig) and removed and created another symlink from > > sh to bash, but I still get the same wowes. > >Im guessing that somehow bash is corrupted, and or libraries are not > >installed... more mucking to continue... > > Libraries not installed. > > In particular, you are apparently missing at least part of libc6, AKA > glibc2. On Slack 7.1, you should find /lib/libdl-2.1.3.so, and > /lib/libdl.so.2 should be a symbolic link to it. Do NOT link libdl.so.2 to > libdl-1.9.9.so-- the latter is (I think) part of the old libc5, and mixing > and matching library versions like that is Asking For Trouble(TM). > > Make sure you have both the "glibc" and "glibcso" packages installed. (You > didn't by any chance install using the "expert" mode, did you? If so, try > installing with "menu" mode instead...it knows that packages like glibc and > glibcso are vital, and won't let you skip them.) > > - Neil Parker, [EMAIL PROTECTED]