Re: dbootstrap
It's PowerPC-based. FYI.
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 02:42:07AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> Andrew D Dixon <andrew.dixon@seranoa.com> writes:
>
> > I'm working my way through a peculiar install (the box is a briq from
> > Total Impact http://www.totalimpact.com ). The box is booting over the
> > network and I haven't been able to run dbootstrap.
>
> What architecture?
>
> > I've managed to
> > activate and mount the swap partition and mount the root partition which
> > lets me boot the box in single user mode.
>
> You are booting the install system in single user mode? You are
> forced to do this? Why?
>
> > My problem is that I can't
> > change to runlevel 2 or 3.
> > When I turned debugging on in /etc/init.d/rc it would hang on
> > #telinit 1
>
> Uh, booting from the install system (stuff on root.bin), I've never
> tried telinit. Let's just say that's "unsupported".
>
> > as well. Anyway I was trying to find out what dbootstrap does to the
> > init scripts.
>
> Nothing, really. I mean, it does fudge around a bit with
> /target/etc/inittab if that's what you mean?
>
> Confused...
>
> > I can't find the source to dbootstrap and I was wondering
> > if someone could point me to where it lives so that I could take a look
> > at it.
>
> It's in the boot-floppies package.
>
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