Re: [vox-tech] linux boot failed

["Hai Yi" <yMAPSihai2004@gmail.com>]

Thanks, Peter:

When I typed "1", it says:

INIT: no more process left in this runlevel

The system is still respondent when I hit the keyboard but just they
are just complaint about my random hitting, which doesn't help. :-)

Hai


On 8/24/06, Peter Jay Salzman <p@dirac.org> wrote:
> On Wed 23 Aug 06,  8:58 PM, Hai Yi <yihai2004@gmail.com> said:
> > Hello,
> >
> > My debian Linux had been running fine until one day when I restarted
> > the computer, it failed to boot. The error message is as follows:
> >
> > ....
> > INIT: version 2.86 booting
> > INIT: No inittab file found
> >
> > Enter runlevel:
> >
> > I didnt know what I should enter and stuck at this stage.
> >
> > Can anyone help so I dont re-install the whole thing? :-)
> >
> > Thanks a lot,
> > Hai
>
> Hello, Hai.
>
> Try entering "1".   What happens?
>
> When the boot messages scroll, do you see any messages saying that / is
> being mounted?
>
> pete
>
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