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[Net Llama!]

Bob Hemus wrote:
> Bob Hemus wrote:
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>>"Net Llama!" wrote:
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>>>Bob Hemus wrote:
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>>>>Bob Hemus wrote:
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>>>>>Andrew Mathews wrote:
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>>>>>>Bob Hemus wrote:
>>>>>><snip>
>>>>>>Andrew Mathews wrote:
>>>>>>Try passing init=/bin/bash. Are you using SCSI hard disks?
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>>>Is /etc/inittab missing?  If its there, then that's not the problem.
>>>
> Bach again, What is the command line?  I tried
> # cp /etc/inittab /dev/hdb1 /etc/inittab , but got this error message.
> cp: copying multiple files, but last argument (/etc/inittab) is not a
> directory
> Try `cp --help' for more information.
> Read --help to no avail.  Do I need to make hdb1 a directory?
> Thanks for your time, Bob

You need to mount /dev/hdb1 somewhere first, then copy /etc/inittab into 
the /etc that is inside the mountpoint.

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