On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 08:06:56AM -0800, Daniel Buggie wrote: <snip> > > > > Either boot using Roberts suggestion or use rescue mode. Either way, > once your booted do the following: > > Back up the existing (bad) inittab file in case this doesn't work. > > Get a copy of the initscripts rpm appropriate for your version of > Fedora, then run the following: > > rpm2cpio initscripts-x.y.z.i386.rpm | cpio -ivd ./etc/inittab > > Check out the new inittab file and compare with the old. If the new one > seems sane, copy it to /etc/, reboot, and cross your fingers. > > Daniel > I support Daniels suggestion but I suspect the line: id:5:initdefault: is what is missing. You could add that line as the first uncommented line in the file and see what happens. -- ======================================================================= What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error. -- Raymond Aron, "The Opium of the Intellectuals" ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
