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From: dbrenner@icon.weeg.uiowa.edu (Doug Brenner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: unbootable OD; init just sez "boot_rc"
Keywords: optical disk, init, boot_rc
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Date: 6 Oct 89 03:09:46 GMT
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One of my co-workers with an OD-only system, damaged his boot OD in such
a manner that it no longer boots.

At first it was just hanging before odmach was loaded.  I installed a
fresh copy of odmach and now things progress further, but not completely.

Currently, the boot process only proceeds to the point where the console
displays the following lines:  (Everything is normal looking before this.)

   ...
   root on od0
   master cpu at slot 0
   setting hostname to localhost

After this, I believe init starts running but the only message I see
after the "setting hostname" message is two blank lines and "boot_rc".
Then the OD seeks, prints "boot_rc" again, and repeats the process.

Any clues?  The rc files all seem to be intact.  The etc -> private/etc
link is in place.  The init program on disk was okay, but I did replace
it with a fresh copy too.  (The link /etc/init -> /usr/etc/init is also
still in place.)

Any help before I simply use BuildDisk to rebuild the whole OD?

Doug Brenner, Weeg Computing Center, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
dbrenner@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu | dbrennpg@uiamvs.bitnet | 319-335-5444.at&t