Hi,
Can u give us a copy of the /etc/inittab file ?Are u able
to boot in single user mode ?
Try LILO: linux single while booting.
Bye,
Hari
----- Original Message -----
From: Saju.R.Pillai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 7:06 PM
Subject: [LIH] LILO failing at "init"
> Hi,
>
> I installed Linux 2.2 ( RH 6.0 ) on my Compaq AP400 as a second OS. (
> NT being primary : ) <project requirements> ). On startup NT loader
> starts up LILO. LILO tries to boot up Linux after a small timeout, but
> fails and throws up an inittab file not found error and prompts me for a
> run level. But for any run level it gives a " No process found at this
> run level error " and freezes. So I forced the kernel to bypass init's
> standard processing and drop me in a bash shell as root by passing
> init=/bin/sh rw as argument to kernel. The problem now is how do I find
> out which files init must be reading from so that I can modify them (
> shouldn't the RH installer have done that automatically to include
> standard processes and mounts ? or did I do a unclean : ( install.)
>
> Can anybody guide me towards some documents which tell a newbie how to
> go about solving the above problem or rather how to go about setting up
> a pretty decent Linux installation ( and maybe the boot sequence that
> LILO - Kernel follow )
>
> Any hints and tips will be appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Saju
> /*
> normal is boring
> *\
>
>
>
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