[ale] Re: 3.0.3/updates/bash & util-linuxfix (S)RPMS?

[Franz Sirl]

At 12:46 Uhr +0200 25.08.1996, Ed June wrote:
>On Sun, 25 Aug 1996 14:18:55 +0200, Franz Sirl wrote:
>
>>>>I had the same problem here. The mount-tools have been removed from the
>>>>util-linux package and moved to a separate mount package. Get and install
>>>>it and everything is OK again.
>>>
>>>
>>>How?
>>>My system is now booted read only, guess w/ the original install disk ?
>>>I really don't see a way around this.
>>
>>As long as you have your rpm's on the mounted partition, you can type
>>"Linux rw" or "Linux single rw" at the lilo bootprompt and reinstall the
>>old util-linux. Otherwise you have to use the install/boot disk method.
>>That situation was the main reason why I'm finally installed yard, the
>>rescue disk tool.
>
>
>The Linux single rw kinda works.
>What I HAD to do was to install a new CND sysem on another
>  scsi hdd that I luckily had just laying about.  I didn't want to
>  overwrite my broken, but usable data system.
>I then cp'd the rpms from on hdd / to the other using the
>  install floppy.
>Then I rpm'd -U --force the rpms.
>Now, it complains of basename, can't find /lib/something4
>I stupidly cp'd basename from the floppy to /bin earlier
>  in an attempt to fix.
>Now, what package is basename in ?

Try sh-utils.


Ciao,
Franz.

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