Re: tlug: Re: tomsrtbt & glibc (was: Lilo hosed)

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Rex Walters wrote:

> >>>>> Stephen J. Turnbull writes:  (on 04 Nov 98)
> 
> > If you can't find /lib, you need to do a complete reinstall, no?
> 
> Unless you can restore /lib from your rescue floppy.  Note the presence
> of cpio and dd on the rescue disk, but the conspicuous absence of tar
> and dump on tomsrtbt.

well, with my rescue floppy, you CAN restore /lib from it, since /lib on
the rescue floppy contains the correct glibc libraries...

> 
> > But the point that you want compatible libs is well-taken, for the
> > beginner.
> 
> The argument could be made, too, that rescue disks are NOT ordinarily
> something for the beginner.  If you ever find yourself in the position
> where you even care that your rescue disk is libc5 while your hard disk
> installation is libc6, you are well past the "here be dragons" signpost.
> 
> And if the executable you need is on your hard disk and not on the
> rescue disk itself, you may be screwed anyway.  That's the main reason
> "the most you can fit on a floppy" is of interest to me!
> 
> Finally, libc5 is beyond doubt more stable and better understood by more
> people.  I can actually imagine a scenario where it was an oops in using
> glibc that made me need the rescue disk in the first place!
> 

more stable, no.  better understood, maybe.  It seems to me, however, that
MOST people who even know what the difference is prefer glibc.

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
Head of TurboLinux Development/Systems Administrator
Pacific HiTech, Inc (USA) / Pacific HiTech, KK (Japan)


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