Error message: Init:cannot execute "cd"!!!

totoro520 · 08-22-2006, 11:16 AM

Hi, everybody:

I have a question about boot. I boot my system after a sudden power cut. And the screen was show like below:

Fedora core release 4(stentz)
kernal 2.6.15-1.833_FC4 on an i686

Init: cannot execute "cd"

I can press anykey to login, but I can't login my system include root. How can I do to solve this situation without reinstall the OS? It's a mail server.

best regard,
THX!

TOTORO

odcheck · 08-23-2006, 04:12 AM

? I can press anykey to login, but I can't login my system include root.
Does it hang there also if you try to start into another runlevel?
What does that mean I can press anykey to login? Do start normaly in runlevel 5 with graphical login?
Have you checked if it's possible a filesystem problem?

totoro520 · 08-23-2006, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by odcheck

? I can press anykey to login, but I can't login my system include root.
Does it hang there also if you try to start into another runlevel?
What does that mean I can press anykey to login? Do start normaly in runlevel 5 with graphical login?
Have you checked if it's possible a filesystem problem?

Thank you, odcheck!

I think that I must descript the question detailly.

When the screen slow "Init: cannot execute "cd"" and I press any key, the system responsed:

(none) login:

And I can't login the system even use root. The system always response "authorization fault"

.I can't start in any runlevel.

It's my question.

Thank you!!

odcheck · 08-24-2006, 01:38 AM

1st of All try to backup the files...
When you start your system a boot loader will you up or?
And at this point you can give if its grub the information in the command line (a)
"init 3" or whatever runlevel you want to start.
....
or I would recommend to boot with your install cd and go into rescue mode.
Mount /mnt/sysimage and perform a fsck on your partitions.
- you won't have any login problems there ;-)