Please help.. system will not start up
 

i'm running fedora 7 from the image of the livecd

yum had issues. i removed JRE with pirut, the gui for yum, and later i noticed that /usr/bin was missing. am i suppose to have a /usr/bin ? im pretty sure i had one... few other strange thing happened that seen minor so i restarted...

When i restarted, many things i have on clue about said 'command not found' or something like that. after, something like INIDT: X is respawing to fast: Disabled for 5 min, so i waited and it happened again so i waited and it happened again.

how do i get back the /usr/bin ..it seems to be causing these new problems.. i'm thinking about reinstalling w/o overwriting the main parition w/ all the files. is that suggested? if so how?

what do i do?...
where can i go to get help...

Please clarify your configuration and some other details.

For example, did you install Fedora onto your hard disk?

When you attempt to re-start, describe in more detail the steps it goes thru, and the EXACT error messages.

Can you still boot up from the live CD?

If you simply re-install, you will overwrite whatever is now on the partition(s).

"Can you still boot up from the live CD?"
"i'm running fedora 7 from the image of the livecd" so yes.

"For example, did you install Fedora onto your hard disk?"
yes and that wouldn't start up.

"When you attempt to re-start, describe in more detail the steps it goes thru, and the EXACT error messages."
i don't remember them all but the common ones are what i mentioned above.

1)command not found or/and directory not found
2)then INIT: X is respawing to fast: Disabled for 5 min

these two are the main and i think only
soooo the /usr/bin is missing so i guess that's why im getting the first one.
and X will not start because of the second?

"please clarify your configuration and some other details."
ummm... yum did ite it has issues and i don't vnow what it did in the background

"If you simply re-install, you will overwrite whatever is now on the partition(s)."
that's not good; cannot erase the files

you could try a repair installation of fedora

can't u tell me how? im new i thought that was clear..

will the repair keep the files, they are personal files i can't lose..

You might want to boot from the liveCD and burn a CD/DVD of your files before you start any repair work. It goes without saying, but try not to delete them.

The right advice there from QuakeBoy!