On 12/24/2011 3:32 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > gene heskett wrote: > >> And sudo quits working, so you can't fix anything else. >> >> > You actually can, but you have to get down to hacker level. You can get > into > grub, show the default boot command, and add the option to go to single-user > boot mode. When Linux comes up, you are the super-user, period. > Here a link with some pictures: > http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/grub-boot-into-single-user-mode/ > > I've had to do stuff like this a few times when the boot record got > messed up > or something. > > Jon > Anybody remember the Alt-<somethingorother> key combo to bring up the running of the startup scripts rather than the Ubuntu splash screen during boot? I thought I had it saved away somewhere but I'll be durned if I can find it. That's helpful if you are having issues with a process on startup or a hang during the boot.
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