Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Loading Issue
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 19:16:23
Message-Id: 11489749.O9o76ZdvQC@peak
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Loading Issue by Colleen Beamer
1 On Friday, 14 February 2020 20:03:00 GMT Colleen Beamer wrote:
2
3 > I have an older computer with Gentoo on it. I haven't updated it in
4 > quite a while because it necessitates a full reinstall and up until
5 > recently, I haven't had the time to devote to this. It is mostly
6 > backuped up on an external hard drive so, it what I'm asking can't be
7 > done, that's okay.
8 >
9 > There seems to be a problem with loading MySQL. During the boot process
10 > when it comes to the loading of MySQL it hangs. Is there a way to
11 > bypass the loading of MySQL so the computer will complete booting and I
12 > can make sure I've gotten everything that I want off of it before I wipe it?
13
14 Have you tried setting rc_interactive="YES" in /etc/rc.conf? Then you can
15 interrupt the boot process, and learn of several scripts that you didn't know
16 were run.
17
18 I'm assuming an openrc system, of course.
19
20 --
21 Regards,
22 Peter.

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