On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 02:56:20PM +0530, Manjunath H N wrote: > I think you are using a redhat distro, I dont know what the rescue mode is > for in it, it has never rescued me anytime.
That's simply not true. RedHat has both rescue floppy and rescue from CD options. > I have tried in vain to access the HDD but no results, After booting through > the rescue mode, it does not use the kernel residing in your HDD but it uses > the kernel image on the CD, so you cannot access data on the HDD. Your mistake. RedHat gives you a shell on Alt-F2 when it boots from the CD. when I have to rescue this way, what I do is: Boot from CD - select normal installation path (I select text and expert options), till it loads installation program stage 2 (I think it is till the "Welcome to RedHat" splashscreen). Then: [On the shell on Alt-F2] cd /tmp mknod hdaX b 3 X # X = my usual root partition on HDD mkdir mountpoint mount -t ext2 /tmp/hdaX /tmp/mountpoint chroot /tmp/mountpoint mount -t proc /proc /proc mount -a And I am on my HDD. Do whatever rescue work - edit /etc/lilo.conf, fix root password, anything. Finally: umount -a [Control-D to exit chroot] cd /tmp umount mountpoint [Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot] Binand ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
