init: hwclock main process terminated with status 2

[NoOp]

On 01/23/2011 12:09 PM, scott wrote:
> I don't have a clue how this happened. I turned off my laptop, unplugged
> it and the next time I turned it on, the subject line is what I saw. It
> drops me to a maintenance shell.
> 
> I've googled my butt off and everything I tried did not work. I've tried
> 'mountall start', 'init 2', I've tried setting the hwclock with 'hwclock
> --set --date xx/xx/xxxx'. I've fscked /dev/sda5 from a live cd, chrooted
> to it from the cd all to no avail.
> 
> Even though I'm root in the shell, I can't mount the volume. I get
> permission denied. I've tried everything I can think of short of
> reinstalling. XP works fine from grub. Every kernel I try, I get the
> same thing, including the recovery options.
> Any ideas?

Typically that erorr msg will accompany the actual error msg. For example:
    init: hwclock main process (nnn) terminated with status 2
    .: can't open /etc/default/rcS
    init: mountall main process (nnn) terminated with status 2
    filesystem check failed
That guy's problem was /etc/default/rcS.

Post the entire output of the message, or take a photo of the screen &
post somewhere. Also, boot to a liveCD and take a look at your /var/log
files to see if you can spot any obvious error messages.