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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