Subject: Re: How 68k to boot multiuser mode??
To: Ed D. Wright <ewright@spice.jpl.nasa.gov>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/14/1998 08:53:36
Ed D. Wright wrote:
>
> Greetings from Los Angeles.
>
> ...It change kernel security level from 0 to 1 then that error comes:
> ...its prompt to sceen following:
>
> ..."init: can't exec getty 'usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/tty00:
> ...permission denied"
>
> ...I found Your hint from Netbsd FAQ:s and change that /etc/ttys how You
> ...tell to change but it wont help. Then I try to mount that
> /dev/tty00 to
> .../usr/libexec/getty but it said "need bolck device" and wont work...
>
> I have the same problem with my Quadra 630 installing 1.3.2. Single user
> mode was fine. Can't get past getty in multi user mode.
>
> Another problem. When I boot back into single user mode using the
> booter,
> permission is read only, so I can't reset rc.conf. I had to rm rc.conf
> from the mini-shell then reinstall /etc.
>
> What's the solution to the getty problem????
that's really the strangest error message. i'm not sure what would cause
it....especially since getty shouldn't be getting exec'd for /dev/tty00.
what does your /etc/ttys file look like?
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Colin Wood cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - PMD Intel Corporation
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