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

[Rick Stevens]

VB wrote:
> --- Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com> wrote:
> 
>>VB wrote:
>>
>>>--- 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?
>>
>>Not really.  There's no syntax checker in the manner
>>of "perl -c" for
>>Bourne (sh) or Bourne Again (bash) scripts.  You
>>have to know the
>>syntax.
>>
>>
>>>If there were syntactic errors, would that cause
>>
>>the
>>
>>>kernel to tell me it can't execute
>>
>>/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit?
>>
>>It depends on what the actual error message is.  Is
>>it "no such file"?
>>Is it "rc.sysinit:somenumber error message"?  That'd
>>be a big help.
> 
> 
> A big help follows:
> INIT: Cannot execute "/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit"

Uhm, stupid question...did the root filesystem mount OK?  If it didn't,
that message is the last one that's spit out before it dies.
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