[vox-tech] linux boot failed

[Peter Jay Salzman]

On Wed 23 Aug 06,  8:58 PM, Hai Yi <yihai2004 at gmail.com> said:
> Hello,
> 
> My debian Linux had been running fine until one day when I restarted
> the computer, it failed to boot. The error message is as follows:
> 
> ....
> INIT: version 2.86 booting
> INIT: No inittab file found
> 
> Enter runlevel:
> 
> I didnt know what I should enter and stuck at this stage.
> 
> Can anyone help so I dont re-install the whole thing? :-)
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> Hai

Hello, Hai.

Try entering "1".   What happens?

When the boot messages scroll, do you see any messages saying that / is
being mounted?

pete

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