Thank you - I will! I had posted a similar request for assistance on justlinux.com, and received a horribly arrogant reply. Yours is rather more constructive - I appreciate that. It also now makes sense why the instructions I followed don't match those currently on the website!
I could post my saved copy of the webpage, but I guess that's no help. Oh well, Jon >From: Simon Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [speedtouch] Re: Fedora Core 4 fails to boot - init.d >Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:19:15 +0100 > > >On 8/27/05, Jon Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi - I was trying to follow the instructions for "Linux from Scratch". I >had > > already tried following the instructions for Fedora Core 4, which didn't > > work, so I guessed that I was meant to do the others first. > >Others? > >Linux from Scratch is a different distribution. Instructions for one will >most >likely not work on another. > > > I was using a copy of the webpage from a couple of months ago, which > > included the instruction "rm -rf /etc/init.d" as part of the Hotplug > > install. After executing it my Linux system wouldn't boot at all. > >No shit! You just deleted all your boot scripts. Game over. > > > Please - any ideas? Has anyone else hit similar problem? I'm intrigued >that > > the latest version of the website no longer includes the Hotplug, rm >init.d > > command - annoying that I might have lost my whole system for something >that > > was unnecessary! > >I really can't imagine what those instructions were on the website to >begin with. >All I can imagine is that the website got broken into and some joker >decided >to make a little addition. > >If I was you I'd just put it down to experience and reinstall. Follow >the Fedora Core >4 instructions and post any problems you have. >Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB >Pour se désinscrire : >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se désinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
