Boot with the rescue disk from images/rescue/, mount your driver and try
and run 'chroot /where/you/mounted /bin/bash' then 'mingetty' what errors
if any?
On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Mathieu Bois wrote:
> I don't know what you're talking about, but the message
>
> > sbin/mgetty: sbin/mgetty cannot execute binary
> >
> > ID "X" - respawning too fast - disable for 5 minutes
>
> means that in /etc/inittab, you've got entries for the virtual consoles,
> and for each of them a mgetty program that allows you to enter your
> login/password and logon.
>
> When the program that mgetty launches (cf inittab to know what it is)
> terminates, mgetty will be relaunched automatically because it is said
> so ("respawn") in the inittab file.
> If the respawn happens too frequently (typically, if the mgetty program
> aborts when it's launched), then, in order to let le machine work and do
> not load the CPU with this faulty process, it is disabled for 5 minutes.
> 5 minutes later, the respawn will take place and if the process fails
> again a lot of times in a short delay, then it will be disabled again
> for 5 minutes, and so on...
>
> ==> You've got a problem with the mgetty or maybe with the program that
> mgetty launches.
>
> Hope this helps you a little.
>
> Mathieu
>
> Donald Tingle wrote:
> >
> > Just installed a new M/B w/ AMD 450. Now Linux will not load gives error:
> > Also added a SBlaster pci 16
> >
> > sbin/mgetty: sbin/mgetty cannot execute binary
> >
> > ID "X" - respawning too fast - disable for 5 minutes
> >
> > Don
>
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