Bootup: cannot execute /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit

[VB]

--- Chris Hewitt <g0pae at manordat.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> VB wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> > I just modified my /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit since I've
> >been having problems with the 2.6.3 kernel.  Now on
> >bootup I can't execute the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
> file
> >(that's what the kernel tells me on
> bootup)...assuming
> >the file has some syntax error or something, as the
> >file is executable.
> >
> >I have a backup of a working copy and the "broken"
> >copy both on a floppy and on the linux partition,
> how
> >can I boot an alternate /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit? how
> can
> >I verify the correctness of a modified
> >/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit? I'm using grub, RH9 and FC1.
> >
> If you boot from the first installation CD and put
> "linux rescue" in at 
> the boot prompt you will end up with your linux root
> system mounted 
> under /mnt/sysimage. From there you can swap over
> your working and 
> non-working /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit (which would now be
> 
> /mnt/sysimaage/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit).
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> Chris
> 

Is there a way I can verify my modified rc.sysinit
file? i.e. check if there are syntactic errors?

If there were syntactic errors, would that cause the
kernel to tell me it can't execute /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit?

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