050831 Mariusz P?kala wrote: > On 2005-08-31 09:25:48 -0400 (Wed, Aug), Philip Webb wrote: >> Is it still possible to boot into 'single' mode, >> ie directly into a no-login root system (for emergencies) ? >> The kernel dox suggest this should work in Lilo >> >> image = /boot/kernel-2.6.9-gentoo-r1 >> label = Single >> root = /dev/hda3 >> append="S" >> read-only >> >> but it boots to a login prompt as usual. >> Replacing 'S' with 'single' doesn't work either. >> Does anyone have single mode set up satisfactorily ? > Not tested but found in 'man init', section 'BOOTFLAGS': > -b, emergency > Boot directly into a single user shell without running any > other startup scripts. > so try with append="emergency"
Yes, that does make progress: the start-up process suspends, while you have a chance to enter the root password "for maintenance"; after that, you have to exit with 'exit', when the process resumes (or you can enter ^d & it skips maintenance mode). "maintenance mode" seems to be equivalent to booting as root, but ... > The difference lies in that 'single' tells the init process to read and > execute entries in /etc/inittab, while 'emergency' tells to not do it. ... presumably it stops just before looking at inittab . > You may also try with append="init=/bin/bash" > or that nice rescue-shell which name just slipped out of my memory. Do you mean Busybox ? > /bin/sash maybe. That got superseded IIRC. Thanx for the advice. Does anyone else have further light to throw ? -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
