Lost Console Recovery

[Wolf Paul]

In article <5817 at pbhyf.PacBell.COM> peb at PacBell.COM (Pat Bowens) writes:
>
>I have a major problem that I need help with.  While working with 386
>release 3.0e, I carelessly turned off my console in etc/inittab.  
>(I was reaching for the line above it).  Now I am in deep spit, as I  
>can't get in to turn it back on.  (I know....NEXT TIME, PAY ATTENTION)!  
>Can anyone suggest a workable recovery from this dumb move?   

Step-by-step:

1. Reboot your system using the Build disk from the distribution.

2. /etc/mount /dev/dsk/0s1 /mnt		# mount root fs

3. /etc/mount /dev/dsk/0s3 /usr		# mount usr fs
	(I'm not sure whether the build disk has a /usr directory --
	 if not, mkdir one.)

4. EXINIT="set directory=/mnt/tmp" ; export EXINIT
	(This makes vi use the tmp directory on the hard disk instead
	 on the floppy)

5. /usr/bin/vi /mnt/etc/inittab		# fix inittab
	(you can :r /etc/inittab to pull up an original console entry)

6. cd / ; /etc/umount /dev/dsk/0s1 ; /etc/umount /dev/dsk/0s3

7. REBOOT from the hard disk.
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