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russ loroville wrote:
> 
> I uninstalled 2 programs with pkgtool:
> 1. cxxlibs.tgz 

Shouldn't be a problem.

> 2. glibcso.tgz.

Disaster.  That's your main library (that most things
are dependent on).  When you install glibcso.tgz, it
overwrites the existing BL2 glibc libraries.  It must
not be un-installed.

> BL2 could not recognize any of the commands after 
> the uninstall, even ctrl-alt-del wouldn't work. 

ctrl-alt-del executes the shutdown command and the
shutdown binary needs glibc.

> I turned off the computer power, tried to reboot
>  Kernel loaded upto "init" and it couldn't locate init. 

The init binary, too, needs glibc.

> Any way to "save" it or should I reformat and startover.

Try this:
(1) boot the ramdisk version of BL2.
(2) mount the BL2 HD partition at /hd
(3) enter the following lines:
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cp -a  /lib/*  /hd/lib
cp -a  /etc/nsswitch.conf  /hd/etc
/hd/sbin/ldconfig -r  /hd
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(4) make note of any error messages you get
(5) umount /hd and reboot

Cheers,
Steven