Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3784 mails)

[Brian Marr <cabernet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had a similar problem once - it all started from my system hanging while 
running /etc/rc.config. If you need a copy of this file from my 7.1 system 
please advise.

Brian Marr





On Tuesday 09 October 2001 02:47, you wrote:
> reboot using the install cdrom, at the boot prompt, type manual
> then choose your screen type and keyboard type, go to start installation
> and select the rescue mode.  this will get you into your machine. you will
> have to mount the drives manually and such.  i dont think the problem is
> with your /etc/rc.config file being corrupt - its only a text file and a
> typo or something in it should only cause a service or two not to start or
> something.
>
> On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Trey Gruel wrote:
> >i used yast2 to change a couple settings (turned off apm and isapnp) on my
> >suse 7.1 pro box and now it won't boot.  i get the error:
> >
> >/etc/init.d/boot: .: /etc/rc.config: cannot execute binary file
> >
> >and the boot process stops after mounting the /proc and /dev/pts
> >filesystems.  the machine is not hung (i can type to my hearts content,
> >but it accomplishes nothing) but cannot complete the boot process.
> >
> >does anyone know a way around this so i can restore my old rc.config file?
> >
> >thanks
> >
> >--trey
> >
> >
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