Date: Fri, 27 Oct 95 18:45 EDT From: keshav@research.att.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: ankur Subject: getty problem in init Message-ID: <199510272258.PAA28117@freefall.freebsd.org>
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I am running FreeBSD 2.0.5 on a 486/66 PC. In an attempt to get kernel core dumps, I edited /etc/rc to add dumpon, with a parameter set to the primary swapping device. Since this did not result in a dump, I modified the call to savecore to force a dump (savecore -f in /etc/rc). When the system did crash, /etc/init comes up in a weird state, stating that it could not run getty on some devices because there was no such file. This warning is repeated about once every 30 seconds, and the system never proceeds beyond that state. What might be going on here? Is there a way to retrieve the system with reinstalling everything? I would appreciate any help! thanks keshav
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