Re: [ProgSoc] Linux trouble!

["Glenn Bewsher" <bewsher@nospam.enternet.com.au>]

<Please note that my name is Adam Bewsher, not Glenn Bewsher, I'm just using
his email account>

Firstly, thanks for the help of those who answered my initial query. esp
Tony Young.

Well folks, I now know why I have troubles...  one word - hacker.

I got TOMSRTBT from http://www.freshmeat.net/appindex  (note the address is
not .org)
When I booted, I mounted /dev/hda1 and typed: ls
There was nothing there, so I typed: ls -la
and there was a file called .bash_history  - "hmmm" said I, this sounds
interesting, so I cat'ted it.
This is what it contained:
     ps aux
     cd /
     rm -rf /*
     exit

I screamed for about a minute and then remembered to breathe.

So, now I'd like to know if there is any way to undo a rm -rf ?  Any
utilities that are floating around?

Thanks again,

heatwave

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-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Young <tony_young@nospam.ir.com.au>
To: progsoc@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au <progsoc@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au>
Date: Tuesday, 30 March 1999 16:05
Subject: RE: [ProgSoc] Linux trouble!


>What this means is in essence what it says, it can't open the console to
write
>to it.
>
>When Linux starts up, it attempts to open /dev/tty1 in rw mode. If that
fails
>it trys /dev/ttyS0. If that fails too, it spits back the message you got.
>
>I've had this happen to me before when trying to salvage a linux machine
using
>a boot disk not built for that machine - the root device for the hard disk
was
>wrong (ie my boot disk was trying /dev/hdc, but the hard drive was on
>/dev/hdb) - so the hard drive device couldn't be accessed. Hence, /dev/tty*
>couldn't be accessed. Hence, BANG.
>
>However, you're problem may be different - you don't seem to have mentioned
>boot disk at all, so maybe you were getting the error from the hd boot - in
>which case trying to use your boot disk prolly won't work either.
>
>Aside from reinstalling, I suggest trying to get one of those minimalist
linux
>installations that fit on a floppy and try one of them. TOMSRTBT fixed my
>problem, but others are available too. Check out Freshmeat
>http://www.freshmeat.org/appindex
>
>HTH
>
>-------------Original message follows----------------------
>
>Hi all,
>
>I have a Linux box that I use as an internet server to a LAN at my home.
>A while ago disaster struck!  I noticed that I couldn't telnet into it
>anymore.  I decided that it would be best to shut down and reboot.
>
>Now I wish that I hadn't because now I get this message when I start up:
>    Unable to open an initial console
>
>What does this mean?   I am at a loss as to what to do!
>
>Thanks *heaps*,
>
>heatWave
>
>Numbers 6:24
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