Have you tried using LiLo to boot into single user mode?
I messed up with my system init files.
Now linux boot and jams at:
Init: Id 1: Id 1 respawning too fast --disabled for 5 mins
Init: Id 2: Id 2 respawning too fast --disabled for 5 mins
Init: Id 3: Id 3 respawning too fast --disabled for 5 mins
Init: Id 6: Id 6 respawning too fast --disabled for 5 mins
....no filesystems mounted.
And it would not pass that step.
I did access my system with "linux init=/bin/bash" but there`s
no way I can correct my system init files xuase they
are read-only, even after I tried "mount -wno remount /" or
"mount -wno remount /dev/hda1 /".
Mount complains with error "cannot mount specified file system"
Have you tried using LiLo to boot into single user mode?
AMD Athlon 2200+ 1.8Ghz
1280MB PC-3200 CAS2.5 RAM
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB AGP
Western Digital WDC WD2500JB-00FUA0 250GB 7200 rpm ATA/133
Seagate ST3200822A 200GB 7200 rpm ATA/133
Western Digital WDC WD1200BB-00CAA1 120GB 7200 rpm ATA/133
Western Digital WDC WD800BB-00CAA1 80GB 7200 rpm ATA/133
Maxtor OneTouch 2HA43R32 1TB 7200 rpm USB 2.0
D-Link DFE-530TX+ 10/100 NIC
D-Link DWL-G520 Rev.A
Debian 5.0r1 Lenny
If SkyNet's suggestion doesn't work, you might try a LiveCD distro to mount your hard drive and make the necessary changes. Some nice ones include:
Lnx-BBC
Knoppix
DamnSmall
Slackware Live
If you can't boot from CD, or those won't work due to memory constraints, try tomsrtbt disk (floppy distro) instead.
Hope this helps. Good luck and keep us informed.
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