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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!Germany.EU.net!qwerty!bs From: bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: *!HELP!* What could be wrong here?? Date: 9 Mar 1993 10:10:48 GMT Organization: EUnet Backbone, Dortmund, Germany Lines: 14 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1nhqf9$nqc@Germany.EU.net> References: <1nghtqINNm21@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> <1nh8leINN1h5@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: qwerty.germany.eu.net In article <1nh8leINN1h5@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>, vikki@e40-008-11.MIT.EDU (Vikki King) writes: |> Here's an update on my troubles (if you're into it). I believe that |> the host is actually booting to the point where it loads init, but init is |> simply not doing anything. I can sit there and type stuff at the console and |> get it to carrige return but it doesn't appear to be affecting the machine any. Hmmm... Have you checked that all files that init needs are there and un-corrupted ? Like /etc/rc, /bin/sh and such ? Just a thought of someone who has seen other machines crash on the removal of /etc/rc... -Bernard