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> My guess: this is probably caused by an upgrade then downgrade of
> baselayout from 1.5.x to 1.6.x and back.  If you get into the system in
> single user and make sure that your /etc/is all on 1 version or the
> other of baselayout (prferably 1.5.x) you should be OK.
>
> That is JUST A GUESS, good luck!
>
> --B
>
> On Mon, 02/10/03 at 09:07:49 -0500, John P. Davis wrote:
>> Hi all -
>> All that I can say is *arg*.
>> I was working on my machine last night, and it hard crashed. Upon
>> restart, it seems that /var/state/init.d/* is invalid (shows
>> processess that are started (but not really), etc) and therefore I
>> cannot boot and my rootfs stays ro (annoying). I can get into my
>> system via single user, but that is worthless thanks to my ro root fs.
>> I tried copying /var/state/init.d from the livecd into my own
>> /var/state/init.d, but no joy there. Any ideas?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> //zhen
>> --
>> John P. Davis
>> Gentoo Linux, Inc.
>> Documentation Coordinator
>> Bugzilla Administrator
>> http://www.gentoo.org
>> zhen@gentoo.org
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> gentoo-core@gentoo.org mailing list

That shouldn't be too much of a problem, but what do I do if I see
different versions of baselayout? Since my root fs is ro, how could I fix
that? Chroot from a livecd?

Cheers,
//zhen
--=20
John P. Davis
Gentoo Linux, Inc.
Documentation Coordinator
Bugzilla Administrator
http://www.gentoo.org
zhen@gentoo.org



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