On further investigation it seems my link /etc/init.d that is supposed to point to /etc/rc.d/init.d is gone. In trying to recreate it say's it's a read only file system. However, looking at mtab and the mount command shows it to be rw. Any ideas?
Tuesday, December 10, 2002, 1:59:01 PM, you wrote: RPJD> On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Patrick Sitton wrote: >> I could use a little help here please. I have a problem with my >> Thinkpad 390x on boot with RH 8. During the startup process I get an >> error that /proc can't be mounted. From there I get several errors >> about not being able to find various commands. Errors like "Couldn't >> open /proc/partitions: No such file or directory". I can go into >> maintenance mode and the only thing that is mounted is the root >> partition. Shows "none on /proc type proc (rw)". I manually mount >> /proc and everything shows as normal. >> >> The very first error it get's on startup up is: >> >> /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit: line 26: /etc/init.d/functions: No such file or >> directory RPJD> it sure *seems* that your file /etc/init.d/functions has gone RPJD> missing. that file defines a critical function called "action()" RPJD> which is used to (you guessed it) mount the /proc filesystem. RPJD> if you look down the /etc/rc.d/sysinit, there is indeed a call to RPJD> "action" to mount /proc. if that function has not been defined, RPJD> you're in big trouble. RPJD> so the question is -- where has your /etc/init.d/functions file gone? RPJD> rday -- Patrick mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The Bat! 1.62 Christmas Edition -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
