Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> 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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> --Axalon
Still working on this problem, now I'm getting more of an error report.
cannot execute /etc/rc.d/rc
/etc/X11/prefdm: /etc/X11/prefdm: cannot execute binary file
/sbin/mingetty: /sbin/mingetty:cannot execute binary file
INIT: ID"1" respawning to fast disabled for 5 minutes
Any new ideas?
Don
