EagleIce wrote:
EagleIce wrote:
When I try and boot into my SuSE 7.0 the bootup stops at:
INIT: cannot execute "/sbin/mingetty" INIT: ID "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
And then it repeats INIT: ID with "2", 3, 4, 5, and 6, and then
it stops.
Ctrl + Alt + Delete doesn't work and I have to restart manually.
Try booting up into single user mode (type 'linux S' at the LILO prompt, assuming your kernel is called linux) and manually run '/sbin/mingetty tty8' and see if you get any error messages either on your current console, or on console 8 (press Alt-F8). This is usually a problem with mingetty not running properly - maybe you need to check its permission - see what the error message says.
I do have Debian on the same box and I can get into SuSE from there.
I tryed what you suggested, got onto runlevel S but with the error message: Failed services in runlevel S: kbd All processes got the TERM and KILL signals and I ran the /sbin/mgetty tty8 and nothing happened. Alt-F8 (or Ctrl+Alt+F?) didn't work either. Is there anything I can do from Debian (other than moving all of my things over there while re-installing SuSE (sic!))?
Do you have a USB keyboard? Or have you recompiled the kernel recently? These both might have caused problems. Try booting into debian, and removing the link in SuSE's /sbin/init.d/rcS.d directory, named S10kbd. Try booting up again with 'linux S'. Watch the bootup messages carefully to see if you spot any further errors. Good luck, Chris -- __ _ -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chris Reeves /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ICQ# 22219005 _\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\