Hi,

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.
....

So, I can not get a login prompt to use my system. Here, "c1",
"c2", ... entries are 'agetty' command lines defined in inittab, and I
never modified them. They are:

c1:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
c2:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
....
c6:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 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.

Could you anyone help me? Thanks.

-
narke

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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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On Jul 16, 4:24 am, +Alan Hicks+ <a...@lizella.netWORK> wrote:
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> On 2008-07-15, Steven Woody <narkewo...@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.
>

I guess you are right. But I lost the opporunity to verify that.
Yesterday night, since I had not receive response on my post, I
reformat my disk and ready to reinstall the 12.1 from scratch. I will
remember your suggested troubleshooting, that may help in next time.
Thank you anyway.

-
narke

Steven Woody <narkewoody@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 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.
> ...
>
> So, I can not get a login prompt to use my system. Here, "c1",
> "c2", ... entries are 'agetty' command lines defined in inittab, and I
> never modified them. They are:
>
> c1:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty1 linux
> c2:1235:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty2 linux
> ...
> c6:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 tty6 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.
>
> Could you anyone help me? Thanks.
>
> -
> narke
>
I'd suspect a shared library problem. Your test used the shared libs
from the cd/dvd and thus didn't show a prolem.
You might try chroot'ing to /mnt.
You could also try passing init=/bin/bash on the kernel command line
and see if that gets you a prompt; if my guess is correct and it is a
shared lib problem, that will also fail.

Jerry
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