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Can't boot into single user mode OR multiuser mode!

Can't boot into single user mode OR multiuser mode!

Post by Mark J. Ros » Wed, 18 Sep 1996 04:00:00



I seem to have lost the ability to boot up at all!  My system hangs when I get
to the prompt asking me to enter the root password for system maintenance
mode, or enter ^D to go to multiuser mode.  Nothing I've thought of prevents
the hang.  The only thing I tried doing before this happened was installing
a BTLD (the smad driver) so that I can access a newly purchased zip drive.  
Unfortunately, I couldn't load the BTLD at boot time (because I get an "out
of low memory" error), and I couldn't load it with "installpkg" because I
encountered several "mv: couldn't move because it's a read only filesystem"
errors.  Then when I tried going to single user mode, I got a "no entry in
/etc/utmp" error.  Then when I tried rebooting, I got stuck in this hang
nightmare.  Is there some way to fix this or should I considering doing a
reinstall (ugh)?

Mark

 
 
 
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Can't boot into single user mode OR multiuser mode!

Post by Bela Lubki » Thu, 19 Sep 1996 04:00:00



> I seem to have lost the ability to boot up at all!  My system hangs when I get
> to the prompt asking me to enter the root password for system maintenance
> mode, or enter ^D to go to multiuser mode.  Nothing I've thought of prevents
> the hang.  The only thing I tried doing before this happened was installing
> a BTLD (the smad driver) so that I can access a newly purchased zip drive.  
> Unfortunately, I couldn't load the BTLD at boot time (because I get an "out
> of low memory" error), and I couldn't load it with "installpkg" because I
> encountered several "mv: couldn't move because it's a read only filesystem"
> errors.  Then when I tried going to single user mode, I got a "no entry in
> /etc/utmp" error.  Then when I tried rebooting, I got stuck in this hang
> nightmare.  Is there some way to fix this or should I considering doing a
> reinstall (ugh)?

To fix the booting problem, boot, get to the "enter ^D" prompt, enter
your root password followed by a bunch of ^J's.  Then enter "stty sane"
and a bunch of ^J's.  Then `rm /etc/ioctl.syscon` and reboot.

You should be able to load that BTLD with installpkg: first make a copy
of it and *don't* write-protect that floppy.  Then installpkg from the
copy.

Quote:>Bela<


 
 
 
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1. Keyboard works in Single-user mode, not in multi-user

Can anyone give me a clue why this is happening:

    When I boot up to the "LILO boot:" prompt, if I type in "linux", the
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mode, not X windows).  I can telnet into the system, but can't get the
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    But, if I enter "linux single" at the "LILO boot:" prompt, the
keyboard DOES work, and I can log in normally.  But can't do much.

    What file would cause this behavior?
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Tom Law
WP Law, Inc
Lexington, SC, USA

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