Very Computer

Thanks,

Zalek

Quote:> Is there a way to interrupt boot sequence so at least I could get into
> Linux and check some files before Login promopt?

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Quote:>I have dual boot - Win98 and Linux RH7.1. I didn't touch Linux for
>about month, and now when I boot Linux I am getting "Linux login:"
>prompt in text mode. Does not matter what I enter, enterd data is
>cleared and "Linux login:" appears again. I tried correct user-id,
>incorrect user id - I am getting tyhe same response. No prompt about
>password. Before this problem Linux what starting Login screen in
>X-Windows (KDE).
>Is there a way to interrupt boot sequence so at least I could get into
>Linux and check some files before Login promopt?

>Thanks,

>Zalek

Thanks,

Zalek

Quote:> Well, I succed to enter Linux using single-user boot, but what to do next? I wanted to
> view a file /var/log/messages, but the file have more then 2000 lines and I don't have
> "more" command, "cat" command showes only last 24 lines.
> Any idea how to solve this problem?

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Quote:>> Well, I succed to enter Linux using single-user boot, but what to do next? I wanted to
>> view a file /var/log/messages, but the file have more then 2000 lines and I don't have
>> "more" command, "cat" command showes only last 24 lines.
>> Any idea how to solve this problem?

>I'm glad I finally found this post again.  I ran into your exact problem
>when upgrading some packages on my machine at home.  Apparently, one of
>my programs wiped out "/bin/login" - the same symptoms happened.  Do you
>still have /bin/login?

Zalek

Quote:> No, I have a /bin directory,but no /bin/login file. How can I get this file back? How did
> you fix this problem? Do you think upgrading to RH 7.2 will fix this problem?

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.1/en/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS/

And download: util-linux-2.10s-12.i386.rpm

Then run, "rpm -Uvh --force util-linux-2.10s-12.i386.rpm"

This will restore your original util-linux package.

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It work!!!

Zalek

Quote:> Thanks a lot,

> It work!!!

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