Locked out of system.... how do I replace a corrupt inittab file?

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From: Dean Malandris
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 00:00

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I had a bit of an accident and corrupted the /etc/inittab file in Slackware.
When I boot the machine now, because of some illegal getttydef declarations
in the file, it tells me of fatal pids and that there are no more processes
left in the current run level. I can't switch consoles. In fact, there is no
response to anything but CTL-ALT-DEL to reboot it.

I have a backup copy called inittab.old in the /etc/ directory, so I can
replace it and restore the machine if I could only get into it. I made a
bootdisk on my other Linux box; it boots of /hda3/ and the problem machine
is /hda2/.

The problem machine will boot off the floppy but won't give me access to
/hda3/ so I can get in there and fix the file.

Any suggestions as to how I can force my way in and do the fix?
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From: www@plexus-technologies.com (Dean Malandris)
Subject: Locked out of system.... how do I replace a corrupt inittab file?
Date: 1998/08/03
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