On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:37:46 +0100, Steve Blinkhorn <steve@prd.co.uk>
wrote:

> 
> In trying to fix some problems on a remote colocated 1.6.2 machine, I
> have inadvertently used 3.0 installation sets - precisely what I was
> trying not to do, but that's a long story.   I still have a telnet
> window open on the  machine, and have the 3.0 kernel available.
> 
> Can someone advise on the best way to get the machine to come up under
> 3.0 - my concern is all about the noises made in the docs about /etc.
> Obviously what I want to happen is to get the machine to come up
> multi-user so I can finish the configuration without having to visit
> the site.   I can't use ftp for anything, and there clearly is a
> system call not available in the 1.6.2 kernel.   I *haven't* installed
> the etc installation set, so what is currently there is a fully
> function 1.6.2 configuration.
> 
Is it ftp or ftpd you can't use?  That is, can you call out from the
machine to fetch useful sets?

		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb