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Date: Sun 06-Oct-1989 03:09:46 From: Unknown Subject: unbootable OD; init just sez "boot_rc" One of my co-workers with an OD-only system, damaged his boot OD in such a manner that it no longer boots. At first it was just hanging before odmach was loaded. I installed a fresh copy of odmach and now things progress further, but not completely. Currently, the boot process only proceeds to the point where the console displays the following lines: (Everything is normal looking before this.) ... root on od0 master cpu at slot 0 setting hostname to localhost After this, I believe init starts running but the only message I see after the "setting hostname" message is two blank lines and "boot_rc". Then the OD seeks, prints "boot_rc" again, and repeats the process. Any clues? The rc files all seem to be intact. The etc -> private/etc link is in place. The init program on disk was okay, but I did replace it with a fresh copy too. (The link /etc/init -> /usr/etc/init is also still in place.) Any help before I simply use BuildDisk to rebuild the whole OD? Doug Brenner, Weeg Computing Center, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA dbrenner@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu | dbrennpg@uiamvs.bitnet | 319-335-5444.at&t >From: langz@asylum.SF.CA.US (Lang Zerner)
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