Bootup: cannot execute /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit

[Chris Hewitt]

VB wrote:

>Hi,
> I just modified my /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit since I've
>been having problems with the 2.6.3 kernel.  Now on
>bootup I can't execute the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit file
>(that's what the kernel tells me on bootup)...assuming
>the file has some syntax error or something, as the
>file is executable.
>
>I have a backup of a working copy and the "broken"
>copy both on a floppy and on the linux partition, how
>can I boot an alternate /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit? how can
>I verify the correctness of a modified
>/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit? I'm using grub, RH9 and FC1.
>
If you boot from the first installation CD and put "linux rescue" in at 
the boot prompt you will end up with your linux root system mounted 
under /mnt/sysimage. From there you can swap over your working and 
non-working /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit (which would now be 
/mnt/sysimaage/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit).

Hope this helps

Chris