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Re: unable to open initial console

To: Jonathan Dill <dill@umbi.umd.edu>
Subject: Re: unable to open initial console
From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sgi.com>
Date: 07 Aug 2001 13:15:12 -0500
Cc: Seth Mos <knuffie@xs4all.nl>, linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com
In-reply-to: <3B702FC6.EB924DB7@umbi.umd.edu>
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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

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

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- Re: unable to open initial console
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- Re: unable to open initial console
  - From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sgi.com>
- Re: unable to open initial console
  - From: Jonathan Dill <dill@umbi.umd.edu>

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