/etc/rc.d gone!

[Bogdan-Stefan Rotariu]

Mike McCarty wrote:
> Tony Nelson wrote:
>> At 7:44 PM +0300 9/23/05, Bogdan-Stefan Rotariu wrote:
>>
>>> Andrew B. Young wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yesterday my FC3 system crashed and will now only boot to run level 0.
>>>> The / directory only mounts as read-only.
>>>> And /etc/rc.d is gone!
>>>>
>>>> I am looking for any thoughts whatsoever.
>>>>
>>>> tx,andyy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> you could get and install initscripts-*
>>
>>
>> The OP might need a bit more instructions here on how to do this when 
>> his
>> machine only boots to runlevel 0.  With / read-only, it will be hard to
>> install anything.
>>
>> I'd suggest checking the disk and the filesystem using the rescue CD, 
>> and
>> maybe reinstalling the OS, but what do I know.
>
> IMO, you know a lot, Tony. I've been impressed with the quality of your
> posts.
>
> I'd try a rescue disc (like Knoppix, e.g.) and see if I couldn't
> mount that and restore /etc from a backup.
>
> Mike
As Tony said, you should fsck your harddrive(s) to check for errors, and 
if no errors found
you, should better try the FC3 rescue disc or the CD1/DVD of FC3, and 
mount it read/write.
Then download the initscripts RPM for fc3 and move it to /mnt/sysimage 
(where your actually
linux will be) and chroot /mnt/sysimage. Installing it (i think will 
need to be force(
rpm -ivh initscripts-* --force --nodeps ...

hope that helps you

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