I had a similar problem of HD partition table corrupted lately. somehow
I managed to partially recreate it, tar the whole FS (the 3 partitions
it was composed of) , recreate the partition table, and restore the FS
back. Then, I had strange problems with various files, as both xfs and
atd reported "unable to create listening sockets" or redirection
problems (no X...).
Anyway, in my case it was (I think) more of a permissions problem, or
some file flags unsaved by the tar. I struggled a lot with it and, on
the way, loaded linuxconf (actually, netconf). Both these apps will
check some important files permissions on your system. It was a very
nice surprise that it fixed my system almost completely (still having
trouble printing).
maybe you should give it a try? just fire up linuxconf, "check some file
permissions" (i think it does that automatically when you exit), and
dont forget to see what it wants to fix (preview), as linuxconf is full
of bugs, and it has the most powerfull access to your system. (i use it
for _very_ specific purposes, as a cost-effective solution).
boaz.
guy keren wrote:
>
> On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Nathan Fain wrote:
>
> > Warning: Unable to open initial console.
> >
> > It just hangs here.
>
> it doesn't necessarily hang there, but it does not show you anything. the
> messages sounds like the console device file (/dev/null) got corrupt or
> simply removed, and thus cannot be opened. you could try re-creatingit
> with your rescue disk, using the 'mknod' command.
>
> the console is a character device, with major number '4, and minor '0'.
> thus, it's creation (assuming your '/' is mounted under '/mnt' of the
> rescue disk):
>
> mknod /mnt/dev/console c 4 0
> chmod 0600 /mnt/dev/console
>
> HOWEVER, as you can see, probably other files on your system got corrupt
> or erased. thus, even if you solve this problem, there's no knowing what
> else you might encounter. for the fun of it, and the learning experience,
> i'd say: go on trying to save your system without re-installing. after
> you're done, if it's an important enough system - re-install.
>
> if you play the game well, you'll learn quite alot out of tihs experience.
>
> guy
>
> "For world domination - press 1,
> or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy
>
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