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Re: No loginwindow!!! Help with loginwindow.app

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From: Fujimasa Kohno
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:05
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In article <1993Jan12.055734.4013@cyantic.com> mark@cyantic.com (Mark T.  
Dornfeld) writes:
> I think I overwrote the loginwindow applicatiion binary with a
> loginwindow.tiff file.  At any rate, my TC boots properly, but no
> loginwindow appears on the screen.  I am sure the system is fully booted
> since rlogin and all standard UNIX operations work perfectly.
> 
> The binary for loginwindow is now 49714 K large and its date is about
> the time I was fooling around with loginwindows.  Is this correct or
> wrong?
> 
> Can someone email to me
> /usr/lib/NextStep/loginwindow.app/loginwindow ?
> I should be able to put the app back in its place and be merrily on my  
way.
> 
> Alternatively, I have been trying to mount the 3.0 CDROM with no  
success.
> I am told there is no device at /dev/sd1 to mount.  If I could mount the
> CD, I could copy in loginwindow from there.
> 
> Hope someone can help.
> -- 
> 
> Mark T. Dornfeld                              Voice: (416) 234-9048
> CYANTIC Systems                               Facsimile: (416) 234-0477
> 101 Subway Crescent Suite 2103                Email: mark@cyantic.com
Can't you at least boot up from CD-ROM in single user mode

ex. bsd(0,0,0)sdmach rootdev=sd0 -s

and mount harddisk drive?

ex. mount /dev/sd1a /MyDisk

I did it on several occasions and vice versa with no problem.
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