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Karanbir Singh wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid4605D14C.8050808@karan.org" type="cite"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:junk@realtechtalk.com">junk@realtechtalk.com</a>
wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">I promise not to top post anymore :)
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Excellent!
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<blockquote type="cite">Do you know why the problem I'm describing
could be happening?
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its all assumption at this stage since you've not really said what
breaks or how it does not work
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<blockquote type="cite">All other packages I have are i386.
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I've taken the binary from bash i386 and I did ldd
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I copied all relevant files to the livecd but it only works on i686.
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What do you really mean by 'it only works with i686' - which part of
the livecd is failing ? how did you create this livecd ? what kernel
and glibc / init process are you using etc ?
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- KB
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Hi KB<br>
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What I've done is taken a generic 2.6.18.3 Kernel and compiled with
i386 support.<br>
All I have on the livecd now since I started from scratch is a copy of
the dev entries in centos.<br>
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All the disc does is run init and load bash. The init itself is a bash
script which just tells /bin/bash to execute<br>
I have all the .so files as mentioned in my previous e-mails copied to
the relevant places.<br>
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When I run the disc on any i686 machine it works but if I take it to an
i586 it halts after the kernel loads.<br>
There is no error message, I can type things but bash never actually
executed (remember this disc works fine and loads bash like it should
on an i686 machine).<br>
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I am using Centos 4.4 Server CD, it comes standard with an i686 glibc
installed but I downloaded <b>glibc.i386
2.3.4-2.25 <br>
</b>and run "rpm -Uvh glibc-rpm.name --force" to install it over top of
glibc.i686<br>
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I hope that explains it. The bottom line is the disc works on any i686
machine but not an i386.<br>
I almost wonder if somehow some of the i386 glibc .so's are not i386 as
it claims?<br>
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Thanks again!<br>
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