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Re: unable to open initial console

from [Eric Sandeen] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: Jonathan Dill <dill@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: unable to open initial console
From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>
Date: 07 Aug 2001 13:15:12 -0500
Cc: Seth Mos <knuffie@xxxxxxxxx>, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <3B702FC6.EB924DB7@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
References: <Pine.BSI.4.10.10108071938480.17905-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> <997206572.1279.5.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <3B702FC6.EB924DB7@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On 07 Aug 2001 14:13:26 -0400, Jonathan Dill wrote:
> I think I'm going to have to try
> booting off the installation CD and try to fix the devices from the bash
> prompt on console 2.

If you type "linux rescue" at te CD prompt you'll get a shell with your
system mounted under /mnt/sysimage, I believe.  Hopefully a chroot to
there will let you poke around.

-Eric

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Eric Sandeen      XFS for Linux     http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs
sandeen@xxxxxxx   SGI, Inc.
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