That was exactly the problem. The BSD init hint uses ifconfig (as well as my previous install of LFS). Apparently with LFS 6.0, ifconfig is replaced with just ip. So I hunted down the loopback commands in the boot scripts, and all is well again. Thanks for the help
-- Mike On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 03:44 -0400, Joel Miller wrote: > Mike Chagnon wrote: > > Ive just new LFS 6.0 system. I followed the book and everything went > > find until it came time to reboot. The boot process when normally, and > > all seemed ok. However, when prompted to login in, I did so, and nothing > > happens (I get no bash prompt). If I hit Ctrl-C, it logs me out and I > > can attempt to login again. I know I'm using the correct login/pass > > because if I enter it incorrectly, it says my login is incorrect. > <snip> > > Sounds like your loopback device isn't being brought up at boot time. > > -- > Registered LFS User 6929 > Registered Linux User 298182 > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
