From: poe@daimi.aau.dk (Peter Orbaek) Subject: Re: Arg.... can't log in under 0.97.pl5 Date: 14 Sep 1992 08:07:16 GMT
mdw@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh) writes:
>Hi. More problems: I just finished getting mount-0.97 and the
>0.97.pl5 kernel compiled (all of this comoiling was done under
>0.97pl2): Now, when I boot under 0.97pl5, everything (sorta)
>works fine (I have the feeling I need to compile mount under pl5)
>and the login: prompt is presented, but when I try to log in,
>nothing happens. I.e.
>loomer login: root [I don't have any passwords]
>and it just sits there, like the shell is thinking. I can go to other pty's
>using the ALT-F keys combo, but they sit there after I type in a username
>as well. Any ideas? Maybe there's something in login or whatever that I need
>to recompile... /etc/motd isn't even showing up at login time (as it
>used to with the 0.97-1 rootdisk provided login).
It seems to me, that the problem may be caused by the new mount command. My
guess is that your /usr or whatever isn't being mounted at boot time, and
your shell probably is in the /usr partition.
Try going back to the old mount. Or check that your /etc/fstab or
/etc/checklist are set up correctly. Also check your /etc/rc file and make
sure that all your partitions will be mounted.
>Thanks a lot for any help!
>mdw
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