On Mon, 28 May 2007 13:31:53 +0200 "Amr M. Salah" wrote:

Thanks Carlos for your fast replay

But excuse me I do not understand any thing, I'm sorry to disappoint you , but I'm not a Linux pro The Installation DVD/CD gives you several choices: Boot from Hard Disk, install, rescue among other things.. The rescue mode is a command line interface.

If you boot the installation system, and try an upgrade install, select packages, and force install glibc. This will remove the bad glibc and install the new one. Also go into the disk partitioner and make sure that your partition scheme is listed correctly. -- Jerry Feldman Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9

On Mon, 2007-05-28 at 09:23 -0500, Billie Erin Walsh wrote:

Jerry Feldman wrote:

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On Mon, 28 May 2007 13:31:53 +0200 "Amr M. Salah" wrote:

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Thanks Carlos for your fast replay

But excuse me I do not understand any thing, I'm sorry to disappoint you , but I'm not a Linux pro

The Installation DVD/CD gives you several choices: Boot from Hard Disk, install, rescue among other things.. The rescue mode is a command line interface.

If you boot the installation system, and try an upgrade install, select packages, and force install glibc. This will remove the bad glibc and install the new one.

Also go into the disk partitioner and make sure that your partition scheme is listed correctly.

One other little tid bit of information he will need as a newbie is how to log in under the rescue mode. I've never been able to figure it out.

root <enter> -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Hello Billie, hello community ! Billie Erin Walsh wrote / schrieb:

Kenneth Schneider wrote:

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On Mon, 2007-05-28 at 09:23 -0500, Billie Erin Walsh wrote:

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One other little tid bit of information he will need as a newbie is how to log in under the rescue mode. I've never been able to figure it out.

root <enter>

It asks for a password

Ever though to use an empty password ? Just try it, just hit the <enter>-key ... You will be surprised ... -- Never give up ! Best regards / Gruß, Reinhard. "Software is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On 05/28/2007 Jonathan Ervine wrote:

You may be getting confused with Rescue System from the first CD (or DVD) and single user mode. Single User mode *will* require the root password to log in, whereas booting from the first install disk and selecting Rescue System should just require using the username root.

Take care, Jon

Put in the DVD. When the boot menu comes up select "Rescue System". Long string of stuff scrolls up screen. Stops with "username". Type in "root". The next line is "password". Hit <Enter> and it comes back with invalid password. Stops with "Password" again. Type in the system root password and comes back with invalid password. Boot up from the installed system and choose [ whatever it is that leads to just the CLI ]. When it stops at "username" put in "root" and hit <enter>. Next line up is "password". Type in the system password and it boots. I had to do this several times with a certain VERY particular monitor I was using. Install would not configure it properly but sax2 from the command line would. I don't think I'm confusing the two. Usually if I need to try to repair the system I let it boot from the DVD into "install" mode. After it does it's system check it will give the option to repair system. After a few ID-Ten-T errors I have used this system. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. -- (o:]>*HUGGLES*<[:o) Billie Walsh The three best words in the English Language: "I LOVE YOU" Pass them on! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2007-05-28 at 13:31 +0200, Amr M. Salah wrote:

Thanks Carlos for your fast replay

But excuse me I do not understand any thing, I'm sorry to disappoint you , but I'm not a Linux pro

Then I would try the automatic rescue mode of the install dvd. It might work. Or the suggestion other people did. What I suggested was the manual rescue. I can describe the procedure briefly: Boot from the install dvd, manual rescue mode. You get a text linux console as root. Mount manually your normal "/" filesystem in "/mnt" - ie, you will have your normal system mounted in "/mnt". You might need to mount also the dvd somewhere, too, I don't know for sure right now. Find the old glibc rpm and install it using: rpm --install --force glibc....rpm --root /mnt You need of course knowledge of how to use a linux text console and commands; that is too much for me to explain here. You have some help in the SuSE admin book. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFGWso3tTMYHG2NR9URAjTMAJ9iCRc+v05klcTXRRakjDRVssuNhgCcDSvY ti+gAXr4pV4CN/0dGI5KHBs= =bfh2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Dear Carols, Thanks veryyyyyyyy much for your help Your idea is working .the server is up now , I'll investigate to make sure that all programs are working effectively Thanks a lot again for you, and for all those who gave some of their important time and tried to help me ---------- BR, Amr M. Salah -----Original Message----- From: Carlos E. R. [mailto:robin.listas@telefonica.net] Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 2:25 PM To: OS-en Subject: RE: [opensuse] system does not boot -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2007-05-28 at 13:31 +0200, Amr M. Salah wrote:

Thanks Carlos for your fast replay

But excuse me I do not understand any thing, I'm sorry to disappoint you , but I'm not a Linux pro

Then I would try the automatic rescue mode of the install dvd. It might work. Or the suggestion other people did. What I suggested was the manual rescue. I can describe the procedure briefly: Boot from the install dvd, manual rescue mode. You get a text linux console as root. Mount manually your normal "/" filesystem in "/mnt" - ie, you will have your normal system mounted in "/mnt". You might need to mount also the dvd somewhere, too, I don't know for sure right now. Find the old glibc rpm and install it using: rpm --install --force glibc....rpm --root /mnt You need of course knowledge of how to use a linux text console and commands; that is too much for me to explain here. You have some help in the SuSE admin book. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFGWso3tTMYHG2NR9URAjTMAJ9iCRc+v05klcTXRRakjDRVssuNhgCcDSvY ti+gAXr4pV4CN/0dGI5KHBs= =bfh2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Thanks Reinhard , for your fast replay About the portions layout I have 2 SCSI desks with RAID 0 (Mirror). There are 2 portions, 1 as swap and the other is the main portion. I wish this could guide you to help me Please let me hear your instruction to use the rescue mode Thanks a lot ---------- BR, Amr M. Salah -----Original Message----- From: Reinhard Gimbel [mailto:opensuse@dragonfly7.de] Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 12:25 PM To: Amr M. Salah Cc: opensuse@opensuse.org Subject: Re: [opensuse] system does not boot Hello Amr, hello community ! Amr M. Salah wrote / schrieb:

I’m a newbie with Linux systems , so I hope if any on can help me , I’m in a big trouble ☹

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My question is, can I do something to remove GBLIC 2.4 so I can every thing back (using the rescue system for example)

Actually you will need to replace GLIBC 2.4 by the original version (2.3). Using the rescue system is one path to go. The other one would be to try a repair installation out of the installation system. But depending on which modification you did after the inital installation that might bring other minor trouble. So the path to go might be the rescue system. Any idea of the layout of the partitions in use ? -- Never give up ! Best regards / Gruß, Reinhard. "Software is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org