INIT Id "1" respawning too fast (?)

[Martin Ekerå <martin@martinproductions.org>]

Hello,

I've just installed Debian on my Macintosh LC630. The installation 
worked fine; I Initialized my newly created partition, installed the 
a kernel and then the Debian 2.2 base system. When I had finished 
installing from the ram disk, I rebooted the computer and then booted 
from the internal IDE drive (/dev/hda7) (using the Penguin-17 booter).

Debian boots from the internal drive but after starting inetd it says:

INIT: id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes


Then nothing... after five minutes I got the same message again... 
and then again. I tried rebooting the system; the first time 
resulting in a kernel error, the second (to sixth) time resulting in 
fsck exiting with signal 11.

I tried checking the partition manually but with the same result. 
Then I reinitialized the partition, reinstalled the kernel and the 
base system, and rebooted the system - with the same result. I've 
waited for over one hour now... and the system only informs me "id 
"1" is respawning to fast".

Does anyone know what might cause "id "1" to respawn too fast"? Has 
anyone encountered the same problem? Does anyone know what to do 
about it?


Yours Sincerely,

Martin Ekerå