>>>>> " " == tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have loaded potato onto my laptop. When I boot and just
> before the login prompt comes up, I get a page or two of what
> appear to be command line helps.
> The message is "Usage: /sbin/getty [-hi...". The last line
> states "Init: Id "S" respawning too fast: disabled for 5
> minutes."
You have a broken entry in your /etc/inittab. init tries to start
getty several times and then gives up for 5 minutes.
The faulty line starts with "S:", so look for that. I don't have such
a line in my inittab. Looks strange.
MfG
Goswin
