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. I do have Debian on the same box and I can get into SuSE from there. Any Ideas? Thank's, eagleice
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. Any Ideas?
Bye, Chris -- __ _ -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chris Reeves /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ICQ# 22219005 _\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\
hi all, i reckon it is a problem with /sbin/rc not being in it's proper place and thus getting skipped in inittab. Do you have debian and suse on the same filesystems ? regards dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Reeves" <chris.reeves@iname.com> To: "EagleIce" <eagleice@post.netlink.se>; "SuSE Mailing List" <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] Bootup panic!
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. Any Ideas?
Bye, Chris -- __ _ -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chris Reeves /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ICQ# 22219005 _\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\
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-----Original Message----- From: chris@suse.com [mailto:chris@suse.com]On Behalf Of Chris Reeves Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 5:44 PM To: EagleIce; SuSE Mailing List Subject: Re: [SLE] Bootup panic!
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. Any Ideas?
Bye, Chris Thank's for your reply Chris. 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!))?
Cheers, eagleice
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 __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\
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