>> >> I'll keep hammering, but any ideas are welcome. >> >> --Jason >>
> Without knowing which bootscript failed - can you login, or does it >shutdown when you press enter ? It seems you have started userspace >(i.e. init runs the bootscripts), so perhaps try init=/bin/bash and >then step through the scripts in order (rcS.d first). > >ĸen THANK YOU!!!! I'M IN! I'M TECHNICALLY AN LFS USER NOW!!!! I didn't understand exactly how the booting works... I know how to WRITE my own bootsector on up... but not how Linux does it. Only That "Those scripts don't touch" inittab does something and run levels. Now - with you pointing me in the right direction, a ton of useless googling aside from this page that "Did the Trick" to help be understand the STEPS clearly http://luv.asn.au/overheads/linux-startup.html I started to understand it but I still didn't understand how to try the scripts in the host like you suggested. So What I finally did was use a simple program I wrote called readline that just says [Press Enter] and lets you type whatever until you press enter. I use it in my LFS scripts to pause etc. Well, I opend the "previous untouchable" RC file and tossed readline all over it ... and when I booted .. GUESS WHAT? I was able to step through the actual boot process one command at a time... and I saw the offending error for the first time... and bot this is embarrassing.... /etc/rc.f/rcS.d/S10udev Line 78 /sbin/udevd - No Such File I looked in my scripts that build LFS, and realized I forgot to UNTAR UDEV!!!!! NExt I was locked out, so I ran "passwd" on the host while chrooted, and I can now log in and I AM SO FREAKING HAPPY!!!!!! Now I want to make my network card work - it says there isn't an eth0... so the MARCHING continues but boy do I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER about it! Thank you for all your help! And Thank you to everyone else who helped me along the way... I Guess I should look at Chapter 9 again and see how to get "counted" as a legitimate LFS user! --Jason -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
