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Re: Crash & Burn

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Curtis)
Sun Nov 29 21:42:36 1998

Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 21:41:19 -0500 (EST)
From: Ray Curtis <ray@ray.clark.net>
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>>>>> "jgb" == j g b <jbirds@ibm.net> writes:

jgb> i ran out of room on my wd1.6GB hard disk while building an rpm and now
jgb> i have a global mess. i use loadlin to boot my dos/rh51 linux box but at
jgb> this time linux will not boot properly. i can only boot in single user
jgb> mode using lilo, booting through rescue has been to no avail due to the
jgb> systems inability to establish a console. i've repaired the filesystems
jgb> using fsck but i'm unable to access most of them. i've been unable to
jgb> mount peripheral systems (cd-rom,zip, and jaz). i'm at wits end. any
jgb> takers out there to try to
jgb> assist me?

Sounds like you just need to allocate more space maybe just boot to
single user mode and delete the files in /tmp or wherever this rpm
put all its files.

Then try rebooting in your normal mode,


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