Re: no inittab file after debian sarge net-inst
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 04:03:26PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 04:47:12PM +0000, Rhys Hardwick wrote:
> > Justin Pryzby wrote:
> >
> > >On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 05:02:02PM +0100, Macskasi Csaba wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>Write the inittab yourself! Or copy it from your favorite system...
> > >>This should not be a problem...
> > >>
> > >
> > >It should not be a problem in that it should not happen. Figuring out
> > >what is borked is part II.
> > >
> > >
> > Right, inittab exists, and looks very sane. I might have made a little
> > mistake and put etc on a separate partition. I take it that it is not a
> > good idea. My current theory is to copy it all into the root dir and try
> > again!
> >
> > If this is correct, and anyone wants to tell me how silly I have been,
> > please, feel free :))
>
> I've always wondered which top-level directories *have* to be in the root partition. I'd bet at least /etc/fstab has to be, otherwise how could it find partitions at boot time?
Check out the FHS.
http://www.debian.org/devel/
I believe the dirs I are listed are precisely what's required.
(Enough to install and remove software, edit configuration, and mount
the other stuff).
Justin
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