i feel that your best bet here would be to boot off floppy, mount the hd,
and fix the problem.
maybe?
-ice9-
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"We know Linux is the best, it can do infinite loops in five seconds"
-- Linus Torvalds
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Richard Adams
> Sent: Monday, 7 September 1998 20:57
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Computer keeps restarting
>
>
> According to Wai Lee: While burning my CPU.
> >
> > Hello,
> > Thanks for your reply. The problem I am having is that
> everytime I boot up
> > the computer, it would shutdown and reboot. I can't log in
> to make the
> > change. How can I boot the computer without it shutdown
> and reboot again?
> > Thanks.
>
> You could try;
> boot at the lilo prompt type linux 1
> That will try to start the system in runlevel 1 it might just
> work, on the
> other hand it might not, i rather think not because crond
> will possably also
> be started.
>
> Its obviously crontab which is causing the problem.
>
> If you have an other linux system or a friend with linux, you
> could put your
> H/D into that system, then mount the H/D afte startup, then
> remove or rename
> /var/spool/cron/root
>
> Another way would be, (if you have a local lan with other
> linux-boxes) use
> nfsroot to boot from another machine, that way you could
> mount you own H/D
> after booting and then remove the cron file.
>
> There is possably more ways, but at the minute thats what
> comes to mind.
>
> >
> > >According to Wai Lee: While burning my CPU.
> > >>
> > >> Hello,
> > >> I was trying to modify the crontab to restart the
> computer at midnight
> > >> every night. However, I did something wrong and now
> whenever the computer
> > >> reboot, it would shutdown and reboot again. How can I
> get into the Linux
> > >> to undo what I did? Thanks for your help.
> > >>
> > >
> > >'crontab -e'
> > >Will allow you to edit the cron file.
> > >
> > >If you cant get on with the default editor which is VI,
> then enter a
> > >variable in /etc/profile for your favorite editor.
> > >
> > >export EDITOR=/usr/bin/joe
> > >
> > >
> > >> Denny Lee
> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >--
> > >Regards Richard.
> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> > Denny Lee
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Regards Richard.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
