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Paul Stear wrote: |
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> On Wednesday 21 June 2006 11:05, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>> On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:47:11 +0100, Paul Stear wrote: |
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>> > 1. What is the correct procedure to recover a system in this state? |
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>> > What tools do I need? |
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>> In this case, all you need to do is boot without X, or SSH in from |
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>> another box. As a last resort you could boot a live CD chroot and fix |
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>> things. |
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> How do I boot without x? |
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Hit "I" when the system prompts if "interactive mode" mode should be used. |
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I usually hold I all the way from after the boot loader until something |
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happens... |
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Another way: If you use grub, you can edit the boot command line. Add |
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"init=/bin/sh" to the end of the boot command line. |
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Alexander Skwar |
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Dreams are free, but there's a small charge for alterations. |
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