Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 12:12:20 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <ruigrjer@start.nl> Subject: Re: Ick, Help! Booting problem? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811161211590.17775-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.981116203942.asmodai@wxs.nl>
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On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: > On 16-Nov-98 Doug White wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Nov 1998, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote: > >> This has never happened before, so I thought (Windows 95 thinking, I > >> admit), well let's reboot the sucker then. OK, it all detected the > >> devices and other things again, but at the point where it was supposed > >> to come up with the login: prompt, I got /stand/sysinstall. > > > > The system will fault over to sysinstall if init is corrupted or missing. > > After using a disk/holographic shell I tried to ls /sbin/init and it gave me an > error I cannot remember. > > > It sounds like your disk crashed. > > Yeah, wonder how/why though... I also verify media/low level format before > using them, brand new disk too... Sounds like an initial failure .. warranty replacement. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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