How to recover a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 system if /etc/inittab is corrupted or missing?
Issue
- The boot process stops with the prompt, "Enter runlevel:", but no matter what number is typed it says, "INIT: no more processes left in this runlevel" [Jump to answer]
- The /etc/inittab file was deleted or corrupted. What is the procedure to get it back when the system hasn't yet been rebooted? [Jump to answer]
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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