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From: karish@forel.stanford.edu (Chuck Karish)
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Subject: Re: can't login from console
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Date: 24 Jun 89 18:54:18 GMT
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In article <1618@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu> marg@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu
(Margarita Suarez) wrote:
>hi, i just inherited a mac II/X with an 80SC with A/UX.  i've not been
>able to boot multi-user from the console -- what happens when i type
>"telinit 2" is an infinite loop of "login:" immediately followed by
>"Login incorrect" (didn't ask for password).

This sounds like what happened once when I had two instances
of `init' running at the same time (on a VAX).  Each `init' starts
a `getty' on each port, and each `getty' reads what the other `getty'
on that port writes.

Are you sure you're using the correct procedure to go to multi-user
mode?

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