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050831 Bert Buchholz wrote: |
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> On Wed 31.08 09:25, Philip Webb wrote: |
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>> Is it still possible to boot into 'single' mode, |
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>> ie directly into a no-login root system (for emergencies) ? |
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> You can always do that by appending init=/bin/sh to the kernel line |
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This gets the same result as 'append="emergency"', |
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ie it stops before inittab & asks for the root password; |
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afterwards, it exits into the regular start-up process |
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(thanx to the other user who also suggested this). |
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The other suggestion -- 'append="softlevel=single"' -- doesn't work |
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(no do 'S' or '1'): it says it can't find such a runlevel. |
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It looks as if this is a typically elegant Gentoo solution, |
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but unfortunately one which has not been documented properly anywhere. |
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Anyway, the conclusion is that for emergencies have an entry |
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which contains 'append="emergency"'; also, have a rescue diskette (smile). |
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