There is a little documented option in plan9.ini
init=/386/bin/rc
which will cause the kernel to spawn a shell rather than /386/bin/init
bypassing /rc/bin/termrc.
It sounds like your venti is so sick that I would reccomend that you
just tar off any data you want to keep and start again.
If you have a venti history you want you should be able to copy
any sealed arenas and reuse them.
-Steve
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On 9/12/06, Joel Salomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm installing Plan 9 on a Thinkpad T23. The "Install from CD" option
works -- I get rio and the install proceeds smoothly -- but on the
next boot the system hangs after the
init: starting /bin/rc
message. I'm getting the same lack of progress if I try the "Live CD"
option of the boot disc. This is from an image downloaded an hour or
so ago, 2006-09-12.
Problem's back.
While the system was running, I uncommented the ip/ipconfig lines in
(/rc)/bin/termrc and my machine was connecting to the network at
school. When I booted the machine not attached to a network, though,
I got the lines:
init: starting /bin/rc
(long pause -- at least 30 seconds)
ndb/dns: can't read my ip address
after which nothing more happens.
Trouble is, the system now hangs (without displaying the ndb/dns
message) even when connected to the network (and after displying the
ndb/dns message if I re-disconnect). I can't even get into the system
far enough to breadcrumb /bin/termrc and /usr/chesky/lib/profile .
--Joel
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