[SOLVED] I broke my Slackware 13.0, can't boot.

UnregularExpression · 10-01-2012, 05:20 AM

Hi,

So I broke my Slackware 13.0 by messing around with new e2fsprogs, udev and linux-utils package.
At startup I get errors with libblkid. I can't get a prompt.

I want to remove the old packages and reinstall the original ones.
I could boot on a USB Slackware image, mount the partition but then I am not sure what to do.
Can I use removepkg and installpkg to manage packages that are not on the root partition?
Or can I extract the packages and install the files manually?

Thanks in advance!

/dev/random · 10-01-2012, 09:00 AM

Why don't you use the slackware install cd/dvd?
just boot it up as normal then mount your root partition in /mnt then chroot it so that is the root then use pkgtools to fix the issues (or removepkg, installpkg)

UnregularExpression · 10-01-2012, 09:47 AM

Ok, that sounds good.

I never used chroot before, I did a quick search and found this command : "chroot /mnt /bin/sh". Is that correct?

mrascii · 10-01-2012, 10:13 AM

You may need to mount /proc and /sys. The Arch Wiki has an article that will help you with the commands.

DNA
AKA mrascii

UnregularExpression · 10-01-2012, 10:39 AM

Thanks, I will try that when I am back home.

UnregularExpression · 10-01-2012, 01:55 PM

Solved!
I used the chroot solution.
Thanks for your help.