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longtom

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Registered: 2009-06-04

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INIT: Version 2.86 booting

Is the last message I get when I start up Arch.  What have I done?

I added

etc/rc.d/hal start"

to the rc.conf file in the DAEMONS section.  I, obviously, misunderstood something in the beginners guide.

Anything I can do to get Arch fired up again?

Edit:

In the meantime it apeears to run in circles trying to execute that command....messy...

Last edited by longtom (2009-06-05 12:10:26)

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lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: INIT: Version 2.86 booting

Add "1" to the kernel line in GRUB and you should be able to fix things.

-edit-

Scratch that. Guess you will have to use a LiveCD (Arch's install CD will do) to mount the root partition and edit rc.conf.

Last edited by lucke (2009-06-05 12:14:39)

longtom

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Registered: 2009-06-04

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Re: INIT: Version 2.86 booting

Hmmm - Arch CD is at home....ah well - next week than.

Thank you for the reply

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longtom

EVRAMP

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Registered: 2008-10-03

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Re: INIT: Version 2.86 booting

Is the last message I get when I start up Arch.  What have I done?

I added

etc/rc.d/hal start"

to the rc.conf file in the DAEMONS section.  I, obviously, misunderstood something in the beginners guide.

Anything I can do to get Arch fired up again?

Edit:

In the meantime it apeears to run in circles trying to execute that command....messy...

You only need to add name of the daemons you wish to start when booting, e.g:

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network hal)

longtom

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Registered: 2009-06-04

Posts: 22

Re: INIT: Version 2.86 booting

Is the last message I get when I start up Arch.  What have I done?

I added

etc/rc.d/hal start"

to the rc.conf file in the DAEMONS section.  I, obviously, misunderstood something in the beginners guide.

Anything I can do to get Arch fired up again?

Edit:

In the meantime it apeears to run in circles trying to execute that command....messy...

You only need to add name of the daemons you wish to start when booting, e.g:

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network hal)

I see.  I somehow can't find the name of DAEMON, which does above.  The Guide says:

Add the hal daemon to the DAEMONS array in /etc/rc.conf to start it at every boot

It is, however, somewhat secretive in how to achieve this.  This is where I made the mistake by adding the line as above.

I fired up my system rescue disk.  How can I access my partitions in order to be able to edit the rc.conf file?  I am now in deep and unknown water....  my kingdom for a snorkel...

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longtom

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: INIT: Version 2.86 booting

You have to boot a Linux LiveCD, mount your root partition (mount /dev/sdXY /mountpoint) and edit rc.conf (nano /mountpoint/etc/rc.conf). If you don't know what number your partition is, use cfdisk /dev/sdX to determine it (X is a-z, a is the first drive, b is the second).

longtom

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Registered: 2009-06-04

Posts: 22

Re: INIT: Version 2.86 booting

BoyoBoy....

I did it with the RescueCD.  Got in, mounted the  / drive and edited the rs.conf.

Sounds simple - well - it wasn't.  Talking about a steep learning curve.  No curve here - this is just vertical....

But I got it right and feel just a bit proud of myself.

Now - how to get this Daemons sorted.....*scratch:|

Thanks for all your help so far!

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lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: INIT: Version 2.86 booting

You learn once and then you can handle any situation ;-) Windows, Mac OS X and more hands-on Linux distributions make it more difficult to fix things.

Just add "hal" to that DAEMONS array. Simple as that.

Last edited by lucke (2009-06-05 13:35:14)