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Posted: July 26 2006,16:47 QUOTE

Hi,

I encountered the following problem:

I need to boot the computer using a boot floppy because the cdrom-drive can't boot. When I use the boot floppy everything's fine until the point when /etc/fstab is created. Then there is an error message saying:

mount: can't find /ramdisk in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

The computer continues to boot until it tries to reach runlevel 5, producing error messages connected to the directory /tmp/ramdisk. When the xserver is started, there is an error message saying:

xinit: no such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server
xinit: no such process (errno 3): server error

Using the fb800x600 boot option doesn't help. If you know what's going on here I'd be very grateful if you gave me a tip, I'm not a great linux wizard, most probably it is an easy mistake I have made. Thanks a lot in advance.

Cheers,
Koebes
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Posted: July 29 2006,12:37 QUOTE

Hello,

I have the same Problems, can't anybody help?

Greetings

Snowyrain
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Posted: Aug. 22 2006,14:39 QUOTE

i got the same problem startin xinit as well after remaster the cd!

xinit: no such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server
xinit: no such process (errno 3): server error

sooo does anyone has any idea why ?
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Posted: Aug. 23 2006,20:26 QUOTE

I am having the EXACT problem too. But this forum doesn't seem particularly active.

I'll try posting in some other forums and see what I can find out!

If I can find any info I will post it here for you. Good luck!
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Posted: Aug. 24 2006,05:41 QUOTE

mount: can't find /ramdisk in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
The root of the problem probably starts here... since ~/.xserverrc is executed during the startup of X, but because ~ should be on /ramdisk, this will cause problems.
What happens if you boot with "failsafe"?  You may want to try other cheat codes on boot. (see wiki)
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