From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] HELP AGAIN From: forsyth@vitanuova.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-aofmoqenyaeweipbhrgmbytxfe" Message-Id: <20010410114053.13DB919ADB@mail.cse.psu.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 12:40:58 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 7e89e702-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-aofmoqenyaeweipbhrgmbytxfe Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit having a /usr/bootes or doing rc /sys/lib/newuser for it isn't necessary to run a cpu server system correctly. the /sys/log/cron either wasn't created by the installation or has a mode that the cpu server running as bootes can't write. mine is % ls -l /sys/log/cron a-rw-rw-rw- M 4 sys sys 14791759 Apr 10 12:34 /sys/log/cron --upas-aofmoqenyaeweipbhrgmbytxfe Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu> Received: from punt-1.mail.demon.net by mailstore for forsyth@vitanuova.com id 986875353:10:12529:5; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 04:02:33 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by punt-1.mail.demon.net id aa1012176; 10 Apr 2001 4:02 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.16.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 381B019AE3; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 00:02:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cs.usask.ca (cs.usask.ca [128.233.130.77]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 27DF219AE1 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 00:01:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ultra5d.usask.ca (ultra5d.usask.ca [128.233.130.123]) by cs.usask.ca (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id WAA25728 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Mon, 9 Apr 2001 22:01:31 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (aam396@localhost) by ultra5d.usask.ca (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id WAA19373 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Mon, 9 Apr 2001 22:01:30 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: ultra5d.usask.ca: aam396 owned process doing -bs X-Sender: aam396@ultra5d.usask.ca To: cse.psu.edu!9fans Subject: Re: [9fans] HELP AGAIN In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: cse.psu.edu!9fans-admin Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: cse.psu.edu!9fans List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 22:01:30 -0600 (CST) have you forgotten to create the directories for your cpu-server user? "rc: can't open comes" usually when i try to login to a machine with user bootes (i use the default username for cpu servers) on which I have forgotten to create the user directory (/usr/bootes in my case) or forgotten to run /sys/lib/newuser as per the documentation.. hope that helps... andrey On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Dave Iafrate - CSCI/F1997 wrote: > Ok, when booting the cpu server after screwing up the checksum we > encounter this. The checksum gets screwed, we enter the password for > bootes, auth id and domain. Thein we get > init: starting /bin/rc > /sys/log/cron: rc: can't open > > Then the propmt appears, but you can't type anything in at all, almost > like its frozen. The only command recognized is ctrl-alt-delete. Does > anyone know what going on?? Could it be an error when we compiled the CPU > kernel? When we compiled the kernel it died, so we restarted and compiled > again. > > We need help, anything is appreciated > Thanks in advance > > --upas-aofmoqenyaeweipbhrgmbytxfe--