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On Monday 03 May 2010 17:06:19 KH wrote: |
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> Am 03.05.2010 16:56, schrieb Alan McKinnon: |
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> > On Monday 03 May 2010 16:30:53 Colleen Beamer wrote: |
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> [...] |
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> >> I don't understand what you mean by booting to a single user |
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> >> maintenance mode. How do I do that? |
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> > At the grub menu, select the kernel you wish to boot. |
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> > Press "e" |
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> > Move cursor to the "kernel" line |
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> > Press "e" |
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> > Move cursor to the end of the line. Append " 1" or " single" |
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> > Press<enter> |
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> > Press "b" |
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> > This will load the kernel and run a modified start-up sequence (not the |
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> > regular init command). You get a root shell which is quite limited but |
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> > usually adequate for repairing broken system. |
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> > In a way, it's very similar to booting into a LiveCD without having to go |
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> > and find the CD first |
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> Hi, |
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> and again I learnd something I didn't know, jet. |
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> Anyway I also would try to follow Dales advise with pressing "i" during |
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> boot. |
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There's all kinds of neat tricks you can do when booting or starting up. grub |
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passes parameters and options to the kernel just like your shell passes |
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parameters and options to a program you start. There's docs about it in |
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/usr/src/linux/Documentation but be warned - they are written by kernel devs |
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and most of them seem to assume the reader also knows as much as a kernel dev. |
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So it can be hard going sometimes. |
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A neat trick I use often is to append "init=/bin/bash" to the grub line. This |
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runs bash after the kernel is loaded, not the usual init. You can't logout as |
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normal though - try it and see :-) |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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