On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 09:04:39AM -0400, Brent Clark wrote: > Jon Dowland wrote: > > >At 1149839151 past the epoch, Brent Clark wrote: > > > >>I seem to be experiencing problems booting up (Thank goodness for Knoppix) > >> > >>There are a host of errors, but the end message is: > >> > >>Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init > >>/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off > > > >If you boot to knoppix and mount said filesystem, are sbin/init and > >/bin/sh present? > > > Hi Jon > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] sudo mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ls -la /mnt/ | grep bin > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 9 02:27 bin > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 9 02:27 sbin > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ls -la /bin/s > sash sed setpci setserial sh sleep > stty su sync > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ls -la /bin/s* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 551064 Feb 5 2005 /bin/sash > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 41336 Feb 10 2005 /bin/sed > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 May 3 2005 /bin/setpci -> /usr/bin/setpci > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 20816 May 25 2005 /bin/setserial > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 May 26 2005 /bin/sh -> bash > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14424 Jul 16 2004 /bin/sleep > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 36856 Jul 16 2004 /bin/stty > -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 23248 Jul 25 2005 /bin/su > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12216 Jul 16 2004 /bin/sync > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ls -la /sbin/ini* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 50816 Sep 23 2005 /sbin/init > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/bin/sh is a symbolic link, so you will need to verify that /bin/bash exists as well - but I suspect that is not the problem... Looks more like a problem with booting to the wrong filesystem. We probably need to know what the first few error messages were rather that the final result. Have you changed to boot config recently? What is the kernel command line? DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin digbyt(at)digbyt.com http://www.digbyt.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]