Redhat 6.2 won't boot

dano · 01-24-2002, 12:08 PM

Hello all,
1 of my servers that's been up for about 5 months locked up for no apparent reason. Didn't think it was a huge deal until I decided to reboot and it hangs with the following errors:
"Cannot execute /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit"
"Respawning too fast"
Any thoughts on why this may have happened and better yet how to fix it.
I tried 'linux single' with the same outcome.

Thanks for any help!!

Dan O

linuxcool · 01-25-2002, 12:26 AM

Maybe linux init=/bin/sh rw or linux init=/bin/bash rw will get you in.

dano · 01-25-2002, 10:21 AM

Well, that got me closer to what I need...a login screen.
(none) login:

But when I try to login in I continue to get AUTHENTICATION FAILURE. I've tried to login as myself and root.

acid_kewpie · 01-25-2002, 10:27 AM

try adding 'single' to get you into single user mode.