[AuckLUG] /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off

[Cheng Eu Chew]

Thanks Ravi,

It was exactly the bootloader which was causing the problem. For some
reason, it was on /dev/hda1/ instead of /mnt/hda1/ just changed it to
the correct path and it boots up properly now :)

Thanks also to Martin and Nevyn for your input also, didn't really
know where my /root/ was (even though I really should have) until I
used the live CDs.

On 30/03/07, Ravi Chemudugunta <chemuduguntar at gmail.com> wrote:
> I suspect it has something do with with the boot loader settings, if you
> upgrade the kernel and or do something that changes the boot loader it can
> break things...check that your root partition is on hda1 ... if you
> partitioned it, it maybe different, mine is hda3.  At the boot prompt, press
> `e` to edit and try changing the root= parameter
>
> hope this helps,
>
> ravi
>
> On 3/30/07, Nevyn <nevynh at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Were you able to mount the file system when using a live cd??
> >
> > On 3/29/07, Cheng Eu Chew <renedox at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > so... I still can't find and answer to this problem... here is what I
> > > get after it is says "uncompressing kernel"
> > >
> > > mount: mounting /dev/hda1 on /root failed: invalid argument
> > > mount: mounting /root/dev on /dev/.static/dev failed: no such file or
> > directory
> > > mount: mounting /sys on /root/sys failed: no such file or directory
> > > mount: mounting /proc on /root/proc failed: no such file or directory
> > > target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init
> > >
> > > busybox v1.01 (debian 1:1/01-4ubuntu3) built-in shell (ash)
> > > enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands
> > >
> > > /bin/sh: can't acces tty; job control turned off
> > >
> > > wasn't able to find my files when I booted up with the ubuntu live CD...
> > :|
> > >
> > > On 23/03/07, Martin Bähr <mbaehr at email.archlab.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 09:47:32PM +1200, Cheng Eu Chew wrote:
> > > > > I just restarted my computer as it was getting a little laggy for
> > some
> > > > > reason and when it starts up again, when trying to mount the root
> > > > > filesystems it comes up with this error:
> > > > >
> > > > > BusyBox v1.01 (Debian 1:1.01-4ubuntu3) Built-in shell (ash)
> > > > > Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
> > > > >
> > > > > /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
> > > > > / #
> > > >
> > > > ignore that tty error, that's just a sideeffect, the real problem is
> > > > that mounting root failed, and the question is why.
> > > >
> > > > my suspicion is that the filesystem check failed. you should be able
> > to
> > > > see the errors before you got to that shell.
> > > >
> > > > normally it is something like:
> > > > automatic fsck failed, try it manually.
> > > >
> > > > if that is the case then that is what you should do.
> > > > find out for which device the fsck failed and run fsck on it in that
> > shell.
> > > > depending on the severity of the problem, it may ask you a few
> > > > questions. generally it doesn't make any sense to answer anything but
> > > > yes, however: if the case is really bad then you may loose data.
> > > >
> > > > do you have a backup? if yes, then proceed, if no then is there
> > anything
> > > > of importance on that disk? if yes, boot from a live cd and make a
> > > > backup of the diskimage before! running any fsck.
> > > > then run fsck. if you lost important files after the fsck come back
> > here
> > > > to ask for hints how you might recover them from the backup image.
> > > >
> > > > (i had one case where the normal fsck would have wiped the whole disk
> > > > because the superblock was totally hosed and all directory information
> > > > was lost but because i had a backupi of the broken diskimage i could
> > try
> > > > another way which helped me recover 2/3rds of the data.)
> > > >
> > > > if the fsck succeeds without to many errors, and most importantly, no
> > > > files in lost+found then try rebooting.
> > > >
> > > > greetings, martin.
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