At 08:02 AM 27/03/97 -0800, Ken Gaugler wrote: >A while back someone told me how to boot in single-user mode. I can't >seem to find that email, and there is no man page for boot or single. > >Could someone please refresh my memory? > >And I wonder why commands like 'shutdown -s' do not result in a >single user boot?
Interrupt the LILO: boot prompt before it loads the kernel image. Then, type the image you normally load, followed by a capital S ie: LILO: Linux S And that'll boot single user mode (it'll also ask for the root password). Regards -- ___________________________________________________________________ Karl Ferguson, Tower Networking Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] t/a STAR Online Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +61-9-455-3446 Fax: +61-9-455-2776 http://www.star.net.au ___________________________________________________________________
