Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] I lost the ability to boot into single user
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:44:17
Message-Id: 58965d8a0908171344m7322681wc5ee9e6f3046f610@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] I lost the ability to boot into single user by Dale
1 On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
3 >> I used to specify this:
4 >>
5 >> softlevel=boot
6 >>
7 >> in the Grub screen to boot to single user. However, this doesn't work
8 >> anymore; it boots right into the "default" runlevel. I think this
9 >> happened after I upgraded to GCC 4.4.1 (and rebuilt system and world
10 >> with it, and also the kernel.)
11 >>
12 >> What can the problem be? What is needed for "softlevel=" selection to
13 >> work?
14 >>
15 >>
16 >>
17 >
18 > Try softlevel=single and see if that works. I go to single user using
19 > the command rc single so it should exist and should work from grub too.
20 >
21 > Maybe grub has changed its options?
22
23 I think you can put the number 1 on the end of the line instead for
24 the same result... not completely sure though. I don't think I've ever
25 booted to single-user mode.