Booting up Debian I get this message:

"INIT Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes."

After 5 minutes it says it again.. and again.

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On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:28:44 -0700, Bitey wrote:

> Booting up Debian I get this message:
>
> "INIT Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes."
>
> After 5 minutes it says it again.. and again.



I fixed it! Problem was I needed to fsck to the max, with many file
systems screwed up. Sorry, should have tried to fix it before I posted but
I got REALLY nervous about losing my system. It is tweaked to the max and
took me hours and hours of loving care to do it. ~whew~

I love having the possibility of asking for help in here.

Thanks for all your help (even though you didn't know you were giving it),
from a long time lurker.

Bitey

Bitey wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:28:44 -0700, Bitey wrote:
>
>> Booting up Debian I get this message:
>>
>> "INIT Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes."
>>
>> After 5 minutes it says it again.. and again.
>
>
>
> I fixed it! Problem was I needed to fsck to the max, with many file
> systems screwed up. Sorry, should have tried to fix it before I posted but
> I got REALLY nervous about losing my system. It is tweaked to the max and
> took me hours and hours of loving care to do it. ~whew~
>
> I love having the possibility of asking for help in here.
>
> Thanks for all your help (even though you didn't know you were giving it),
> from a long time lurker.
>
> Bitey
>


one word: backup!

On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 23:21:38 -0400, Gary Dale wrote:

> Bitey wrote:
>> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:28:44 -0700, Bitey wrote:
>>
>>> Booting up Debian I get this message:
>>>
>>> "INIT Id "1" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes."
>>>
>>> After 5 minutes it says it again.. and again.
>>
>>
>>
>> I fixed it! Problem was I needed to fsck to the max, with many file
>> systems screwed up. Sorry, should have tried to fix it before I posted but
>> I got REALLY nervous about losing my system. It is tweaked to the max and
>> took me hours and hours of loving care to do it. ~whew~
>>
>> I love having the possibility of asking for help in here.
>>
>> Thanks for all your help (even though you didn't know you were giving it),
>> from a long time lurker.
>>
>> Bitey
>>
>
>
> one word: backup!

Hey, great idea! What should I use to do that? I have WinXP backed up
with Nero but didn't know I could do it with Debian.

On 08/04/2006 10:27 AM, Bitey wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 23:21:38 -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
>>
>> one word: backup!
>
> Hey, great idea! What should I use to do that? I have WinXP backed up
> with Nero but didn't know I could do it with Debian.
>

Install doc-linux-text and take a look at the CD-Writing-HOWTO.

Good luck.

On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 08:27:32 -0700, Bitey wrote:

>>> but I got REALLY nervous about losing my system. It is tweaked to the
>>> max and took me hours and hours of loving care to do it. ~whew~

>> one word: backup!

> Hey, great idea! What should I use to do that? I have WinXP backed up
> with Nero but didn't know I could do it with Debian.

Give mondo rescue (http://www.mondorescue.org/) a try.
Debian packages are available.
Besides backing up, it incorparates a methode of restoring your system, by
booting a generated image of your system (by incorporating mindi).

Onno

Onno van Eijk wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 08:27:32 -0700, Bitey wrote:
>
>>>> but I got REALLY nervous about losing my system. It is tweaked to the
>>>> max and took me hours and hours of loving care to do it. ~whew~
>
>>> one word: backup!
>
>> Hey, great idea! What should I use to do that? I have WinXP backed up
>> with Nero but didn't know I could do it with Debian.
>
> Give mondo rescue (http://www.mondorescue.org/) a try.
> Debian packages are available.
> Besides backing up, it incorparates a methode of restoring your system, by
> booting a generated image of your system (by incorporating mindi).
>
> Onno


You can also try using CVS or subversion to create a backup of every
change you make to your system. I've read a couple articles by people
who do all their work through CVS so they have complete change control
over everything on their system. The benefit is you have backup &
rollback control over all system changes. The downside is the extra work
you have to put in. Also, your CVS repository should be on a different
spindle from your main system.

On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 11:37:16 +0200, Onno van Eijk wrote:

> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 08:27:32 -0700, Bitey wrote:
>
>>>> but I got REALLY nervous about losing my system. It is tweaked to the
>>>> max and took me hours and hours of loving care to do it. ~whew~
>
>>> one word: backup!
>
>> Hey, great idea! What should I use to do that? I have WinXP backed up
>> with Nero but didn't know I could do it with Debian.
>
> Give mondo rescue (http://www.mondorescue.org/) a try.
> Debian packages are available.
> Besides backing up, it incorparates a methode of restoring your system, by
> booting a generated image of your system (by incorporating mindi).
>
> Onno

Thank you! I will DEFINITELY give it a try! hmmm.. lots of uninstalled
dependencies.. oh well, that's just a matter of installing them. I can
handle that.

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On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 08:34:27 -0400, Gary Dale wrote:

> Onno van Eijk wrote:
>> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 08:27:32 -0700, Bitey wrote:
>>
>>>>> but I got REALLY nervous about losing my system. It is tweaked to the
>>>>> max and took me hours and hours of loving care to do it. ~whew~
>>
>>>> one word: backup!
>>
>>> Hey, great idea! What should I use to do that? I have WinXP backed up
>>> with Nero but didn't know I could do it with Debian.
>>
>> Give mondo rescue (http://www.mondorescue.org/) a try.
>> Debian packages are available.
>> Besides backing up, it incorparates a methode of restoring your system, by
>> booting a generated image of your system (by incorporating mindi).
>>
>> Onno
>
>
> You can also try using CVS or subversion to create a backup of every
> change you make to your system. I've read a couple articles by people
> who do all their work through CVS so they have complete change control
> over everything on their system. The benefit is you have backup &
> rollback control over all system changes. The downside is the extra work
> you have to put in. Also, your CVS repository should be on a different
> spindle from your main system.

Ooooo... rollback is my kind of thing. I am always trying new things and
some of those "things" don't mesh very well. hahaha. I downloaded
subversion. We shall see how much expertise I've got when it's all over,
eh wot? lol

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On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 06:47:20 +0000, Mumia W. wrote:

> On 08/04/2006 10:27 AM, Bitey wrote:
>> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 23:21:38 -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
>>>
>>> one word: backup!
>>
>> Hey, great idea! What should I use to do that? I have WinXP backed up
>> with Nero but didn't know I could do it with Debian.
>>
>
> Install doc-linux-text and take a look at the CD-Writing-HOWTO.
>
> Good luck.

Huh? No disrespect intended but is there anyone on the planet who owns
a computer that doesn't know how to write to CDs?

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