Re: System reports libelf.so.1 finds libedit.so.8 not proper layout?
Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 07:13:39 UTC
On 22/05/2023 06:18, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> My month-old server has died with a baffling error. It boots to the
> prompt to enter the shell (default: /bin/sh). Entering anything returns:
> libelf.so.1: /usr/lib32/libedit.20.8: unsupported file layout
>
> As there is no way to enter any command without a shell, I can't
> proceed. This baffles me.
Have you tried using /rescue/sh (or /rescue/{csh,tcsh) depending on
taste)? The /rescue programs are statically linked so should work.
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