no inittab file found

[jmanjeff]

Ok i was going to update my nivida drives so i set in Mcc for it not to start up X on boot

But no boot up i get as far as

 

Init: no inittab file found

 

Enter run level:

 

what do i do

 

 

mandrake 10 Official

[liquidzoo]

3

 

run level 3 will boot you to cli, 5 is for graphical.

[jmanjeff]

no matter what number i put in i get

Init: no more processes left in this run level

 

then it just hangs there

where is the inittab file located at so i can try and find it and see what is up with it

 

Thanks what better way to learn to fix it but you have to break it first

[jmanjeff]

Ok i booted from the CD and looked in /etc/ There is no inittab file there is there a way to reinstall that file and no i do not have a backup :(

[Cannonfodder]

Before you continue, did you

 

chroot /mnt

 

after booting from the CD?

 

Booting from the CD gives you a /MNT folder that contains all your hard drive folder, so you can find your /etc folder at

 

/mnt/etc

 

or you can immediately type

 

chroot /mnt

 

which changes the root location to /mnt (rendering it invisible). Afterwards, you can type

 

cd /etc

 

Just check this before you assume its gone..

[jmanjeff]

I did as you siad MadDog and it not there and i booted up Knoppix and looked that way and it is gone :( Will the one that i get from Knoppix be the same if so how do i replace it if not can it be recreate.

[jmanjeff]

Fixed

for any one that has this problem. What you need to do is.

Find your initscripts*.rpm file and put it some where that you can get from the rescue command prompt say /mnt/somedirectory/ .

 

boot from CD1 and F1 and type rescue

mount your file system as /mnt

then return to the command prompt and then do a chroot /mnt/somedirectory/

then cd mnt/somederectory/

then rpm -Uvh initscripts*.rpm –force --nosignature

[Guest Zoetosis]

Fixed

for any one that has this problem.  What you need to do is.

Find your  initscripts*.rpm  file and put it some where that you can get from the rescue command prompt say /mnt/somedirectory/ .

 

boot from CD1 and F1 and type rescue

mount your file system as /mnt

then return to the command prompt and then do a    chroot /mnt/somedirectory/

then  cd mnt/somederectory/

then    rpm -Uvh initscripts*.rpm –force --nosignature

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

I have this very same problem. Its a long story but basically a previous employee installed mandrake 8.3 but before he left didn't ensure that any other employees knew something about it in case of a problem. I know absolutely nothing about linux but found this thread from a google search.

 

I have basic questions like:

1. Where will I find the initscripts*.rpm file?

2. If I can't boot the machine how do i put the said file to /mnt/somedirectory/

 

Is it possible for someone to give a version of the above steps that a complete linux dummy such as myself can understand.

 

Thanx

 

Neil