[3858] in testers
Re: cluster walk
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert A Basch)
Thu Jul 30 10:45:11 1998
To: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
Cc: testers@MIT.EDU, cluster-services@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 30 Jul 1998 02:43:03 EDT."
<199807300643.CAA14833@speaker-for-the-dead.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 10:45:02 EDT
From: Robert A Basch <rbasch@MIT.EDU>
> Symptoms:
> Machines presents a console login prompt, instead of xlogin.
> Logging in as root does not require a password.
>
> Suspected cause:
> Machine was interupted in the middle of the update
>
> Solution:
> No known solution, except re-installing. Bob, do you know anyhitng
> I don't?
It sounds like it (re)booted into the miniroot, and was unable to (re)start
the update. If it had been interrupted/rebooted in the middle of the
update, the easiest thing is to reinstall; if necessary, the system, or
at least local files, could probably be salvaged in this case.
> We also found the several machines with corrupt software, most of
> which we re-installed. However, w20-575-83 and 84 (both Indy's) were
> in an especially weird state. We re-installed 84, but powered off 83,
> in case someone (Bob?) wants to go look at it.
Yes, I'll go look at it, if it can wait till early afternoon.
Bob
