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[Net Llama!]

Bob Hemus wrote:
> Bob Hemus wrote:
> 
>>Andrew Mathews wrote:
>>
>>>Bob Hemus wrote:
>>><snip>
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>>>Try passing init=/bin/bash. Are you using SCSI hard disks?
>>
>>>Andrew Mathews
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>>
>>Nope.
>>Thanks, I'll try that and let you know.
>>
>>>--
>>
>>Bob
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> 
> Probably not too clear about hard drives, they are IDE.
> I tried putting <init=/bin/bash> in the edited line in several different
> places. Pressed enter, then b for boot and the program went into the
> <Install> setup every time.  Could I copy my init file from my working
> partition to the non-working? And if so, how?

Is /etc/inittab missing?  If its there, then that's not the problem.

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