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On 2008-07-15, Steven Woody <narkewoody@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just upgraded my box from 12.0 to 12.1. I did this by following the
> guid descripted in UPGRADE.TXT step by step. But after the sytem got
> reboot, it reported:
>
> INIT: "c1" respawns too faste. disable for 5 minute.
> INIT: "c2" respawns too faste. disable for 5 minute.
> INIT: "c3" respawns too faste. disable for 5 minute.

I've tangled with init problems like this before. Always a pain in the
ass.

> c1:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
>
> I then boot from the 12.1 disc, then mounted my on-disk root file
> system to /mnt. And I tried type in command: /mnt/sbin/agetty 38400
> tty2 linux. The program did not report any error, and on tty2 I got
> the login prompt ( as well as a page long boot disc information, I can
> not why I got it), but I can not type in anything to it. It seems, it
> was not reading from stdin.

Nice troubleshooting!

Check /etc/rc.d/rc.udev on your box. Is it there? Is it executable?
I'd be willing to bet this is a problem with missing /dev files.

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It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:5
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