on 20/01/04 22:35, gf sciacca at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Just got the first problematic experience with Panther (TiBook 1 GHz). > > After finishing setting up the OS 9 partition (which I do need right now), > I ran Norton on the OS X partition as minor problems were prompted by > File Saver. These were repaired, then I defrag'd and upon re-booting to > X.3.2, I get the apple screen, then I'm brought directly to the bash and > get the following lines: > > /etc/master.passwd: Not a directory > /etc/master.passwd: Not a directory > -sh: /etc/profile: Not a directory > -sh-2.05# in6_ifattach_linklocal: failed to configure a link-local address > on lo0 (errno=55) > in6_ifattach: lo0 failed to attach a local linklocal address > > I can issue commands at the shell prompt (-sh-2.05#), but I don't know > what to issue. <help> would show me some of the possible commands, I can > <ls>, <cd>, etc, <reboot> causes the reboot, i.e. chime, apple screen, bash. > > also I get the following (-sh-2.05# is the prompt, what follows is what I > type): > > -sh-2.05# ls /etc > /etc > > and: > > -sh-2.05# ls -als /etc > /etc/master.passwd: Not a directory > > If I hold option while rebooting, I can choose to boot onto the OS 9 > partition, which works fine. It looks like some information is > corrupted. Is there a simple/quick way to get out of > this without having to re-install and reconfigure everything(I just > finished that and was scheduled to begin work basically now). Maybe a > bash command? I'm rusted on Unix. I have access to external firewire > drives/computers. > > please CC any reply to me, as I'm on digest. > > cheers, gianfranco
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