booting error

booting error

[Adam Saeed]

I have RED HAT 9.0 , I am getting problem while booting.
i have lilo,  i used the following command:
mv /etc/lilo.conf   /dev/null
then install grub.
after rebooting the maching grub was there.. it starts booting my
machine... but after some time it gives these errors:

Mounting Proc File system: dup2: bad file or desriptor name [failed]
grep: no such file or directory
Configuring kernel parameter dup2: bad file or desriptor name [failed]   

Setting Clock dup2: bad file or desriptor name [failed]     
load default keymap(us)   /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit   
line:162: /dev/null Read Only File System

Setting hostname localhost dup2: bad file or desriptor name    [Failed]
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit :line 173: /dev/null read only filesystem [failed]
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit :line 173: /dev/null read only filesystem [failed]

Initialising usb controller : dup2: bad file or desriptor name  [failed]

/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit 184 /dev/null read only filesystem
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit 184 /dev/null read only filesystem
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit 200 /dev/null read only filesystem  [failed]

awk:cmd:line2:fatal:cannot open /proc/mounts for reading (no such file)
checking root file system : dup2: bad file or desriptor name  [failed]

any suggestion:
Thanks 
Adam
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Re: booting error

[Antonio Tellez Flores]

Hello!!!

You have rewrite the null device, Please try:

cd /dev
rm null
mknod /dev/null c 1 3
chmod 666 null

Bye.

> I have RED HAT 9.0 , I am getting problem while booting.
> i have lilo,  i used the following command:
> mv /etc/lilo.conf   /dev/null
> then install grub.
> after rebooting the maching grub was there.. it starts booting my
> machine... but after some time it gives these errors:
> 
> Mounting Proc File system: dup2: bad file or desriptor name [failed]
> grep: no such file or directory
> Configuring kernel parameter dup2: bad file or desriptor name [failed]   
> 
> Setting Clock dup2: bad file or desriptor name [failed]     
> load default keymap(us)   /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit   
> line:162: /dev/null Read Only File System
> 
> Setting hostname localhost dup2: bad file or desriptor name    [Failed]
> /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit :line 173: /dev/null read only filesystem [failed]
> /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit :line 173: /dev/null read only filesystem [failed]
> 
> Initialising usb controller : dup2: bad file or desriptor name  [failed]
> 
> /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit 184 /dev/null read only filesystem
> /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit 184 /dev/null read only filesystem
> /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit 200 /dev/null read only filesystem  [failed]
> 
> awk:cmd:line2:fatal:cannot open /proc/mounts for reading (no such file)
> checking root file system : dup2: bad file or desriptor name  [failed]
-- 
Antonio Téllez Flores
Ciencias de la Computación
Facultad de Ciencias - UNAM
Home Page: http://ada.fciencias.unam.mx/~atellez

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Re: booting error

[Adam Saeed]

its working , thanks antonio.. by the way...
could you tell me why it s major type is 1 and minor type is 3?
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