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On 22/02/2013 10:07, Bernt Hansson wrote:

> Yes that is an idea. Since Damien was kind to host the file I downloaded
> it and will try later today (friday)
>
> The problem is I can't burn or otherwise get in to the machine.
>
> libc.so.7: invalid file format
>

You missed the earlier suggestion - at the single user prompt for a 
shell don't just hit enter - type in /rescue/sh