Re: my computer wont let me login

From: Blake Eggemeyer <i.linwin@gmail.com>
Date: Thu Oct 12 2006 - 17:08:13 AKDT

ive just copyed my entire system to a second disk (and just in time), my
home dir is on the same partition but i have a copy. would this delete the
home dir or something?
On 10/12/06, James Zuelow <James_Zuelow@ci.juneau.ak.us> wrote:
>
> Blake Eggemeyer wrote:
> >> my computer froze, i shut it off w/ the power button, startup again,
> >> try to login receved error, cant write to uthorization file, could
> >> be that im out of space or that my home dir couldnt be opened
> >>
> >> i tryed loging in failsafe gnome, and failsafe terminal, but neither
> >> worked, no error message or any thing
> >> any advise?
> >
> > p.s. when rebooting again i chose recovery mode, i now have a root
> > terminal, but i dont know what to do with it yet
> >
>
> If your home, usr, etc. are on their own partitions, from the recovery
> mode try deleting /etc/mtab and rebooting.
>
> James Zuelow....................CBJ MIS (907)586-0236
> Network Specialist...Registered Linux User No. 186591
>

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