Re: my computer wont let me login

thanks to cycom at IRC its fixed, i tried to image my disk, failed,
'deleted' the failure, and not long after that i froze.
the failed image tool up 40%!! of my disk, but now thats fixed....
On 10/12/06, Blake Eggemeyer <i.linwin@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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Received on Thu Oct 12 17:55:29 2006