Re: exec of init (/sbin/init) failed

Barry Yu wrote:

David Curry wrote:

It is doubtful whether I have the technical knowledge to lead you through a step by step process, Barry. On re-reading your earlier message, I find that I did not take notice of your statement that the machine "broke down during the process of updating (with yum)." Rather, I will only offer an approach I would personally consider if I was in your situation and one of the real fedora linux experts on the list did not respond to my messages.
If I had not backed up my important data files before the yum update, I would boot from the rescue CD or the 1st installation CD and try to copy those important files to a back up CD/floppy/tape or transfer them to another machine. Then, I would reinstall from the installation CDs and fully update the system via yum before restoring my personal data files.

I do backup my data and I also had made a recovery image of fc3, I post this because I want to know if I can have an answer specifically to this issue so I can fix it the next time when it happens again; I google and use MARC mailing list but can't find any close resolution. tks any way.

Barry's experience tweaked my interest enough to prompt some reference searching. I found what I was looking for. Chapter 1, RHEL4 Reference Guide is titled, "Boot Process, Init, and Shutdown". This reference, and others is available at http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Cheers.