On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 04:28:56PM +0100, Pigeon wrote: > On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 12:10:58AM -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > > Tried that too. But when I tried to mount / the files from /etc were > > missing so I couldn't reconfigure it to not start xdm. I guess it thought > > that the CD's files were etc? I'm not sure, but I did try that route. > > Are you getting confused about mounting devices? / is already mounted > when you Execute the Shell, but it's a / specific to the install disk. > You can't mount your normal hard-drive / as / without causing some > major confusion (if at all... I've never tried it :-) ) The install
I mounted a previously initialized partition and then went and looked in where I thought it was supposed to be: /. I honestly can't remember if I thought it look in /target (where my actual /etc would have been except it would have been /target/etc). At that point I was having fun re-installing things so I just re-installed. Next time I'll remember to check /target as well when I'm looking for /. It took me forever to understand that if I didn't re-initialize /var and /usr when I used the install from the rescue CD that I'd end up with massive problems when I added them by hand to the /etc/fstab later on. But now I understand so it's all good. AND I understand why I *wouldn't* want to re-initialize a partition that I was trying to rescue. Taking the magic out of debian almost makes it boring. ;) > mount /dev/hda2 /mnt > ls /mnt/etc (check: should show the normal contents of /etc on your HD) > chmod a-x /mnt/etc/init.d/xdm (knock out xdm) *nod* I'm not used to being able to "mount" partitions and have all the paths be different than what they're supposed to be. File systems are supposed to be permanent, not flexible!! > unexpectedly plunges as you walk across... targeting answers to your > questions is an interesting exercise in cutting to shape a replacement > plank without accidentally making a plank in the shape of one of the > neighbouring planks which is not in fact missing. If you see what I > mean... :-) *bows* thank you. Or perhaps: not to cut the plank that I needed 15 minutes ago, but rather to guess the plank I will need 5 minutes from now. ;) emma -- Emma Jane Hogbin [[ 416 417 2868 ][ www.xtrinsic.com ]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
