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- From: bobk@dogear.spk.wa.us (Bob Kirkpatrick)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Am I Dead? Erased Inittab Problem!
- Keywords: inittab
- Message-ID: <56D8TB4w165w@dogear.spk.wa.us>
- Date: 14 Nov 92 00:35:39 GMT
- References: <Nov.13.17.37.13.1992.3647@pilot.njin.net>
- Organization: Dog Ear'd Systems of Spokane, WA
- Lines: 19
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- ktompkin@pilot.njin.net (Ken Tompkins) writes:
-
- > In trying to install Steve Robbins gettyps203, I got into an endless uugetty
- > loop. In my panic and with the screen rolling out of control, I either
- > erased/mv-ed inittab. Now linux won't boot because it can't find
- > inittab. Tell me that there is a way around this and that my linux hasn't
- > died.
- >
-
- No, you aren't dead. Get Lu's rootdisk. You can boot that and then mount
- your harddisk and then copy the inittab from the root disk to your etc
- directory. Modify it for your system. halt and reboot, and you should be
- back in business.
-
- Lu's rootdisk is a GREAT thing to have for those 'OMIGAWD' type mistakes.
-
- ---
- Bob Kirkpatrick <bobk@dogear.spk.wa.us>
- Dog Ear'd Systems of Spokane, WA
-