[plug] Getting past init...

[Terry Porter]

On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Matt Hutchinson wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm using RedHat 5.1 and I just altered my inittab file, however the line I
> added was respawning tooo fast and when my machine boots up, it gets to the
> init stage - then says "RESPAWNING TOO FAST - WILL SHUT FOR 5 MINUTES" 
> 
> Hmmm...Then it just sits there and every 5 mins it says the same
> thing...and doesn't let me log in...
My 586 used to give this when I overclocked <too much>, although I always
ran it at 166Mhz (rated 133).
> 
> EEK!
> Thanks,
> 
> Matt Hutchinson | matt at odyssey.apana.org.au | PGP-key ID: 0xE999E466
> 
> "I don't think Microsoft is evil in itself; I just think they make really
> crappy operating systems." 
> - Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux
>