To get to single user mode just type linux (or whatever your default name is)
single at the lilo prompt.
>From: "Steve Edmunds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: how to get standalone
>Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 14:25:59 -0700
>
>Folks,
>
>I'll probably find an answer, but if someone can tell me quicker ;>
>
>How do I boot linux in a standalone/single-user config? I ran linuxconf,
>to add a user, without thinking I hit the "activte changes" or whatever
>(having
>seen it included some remounts!), so now I cannot run execs, I think it
>probably changed some options for mount in fstab - for / etc....what a
>nightmare,
>leaves me without even a bootable system from defaults in linuxconf(!)
>Anyway, sooo, I have a boot disk, can I pass any params from there to tell
>it
>not to do fstab??
>
>Thanks!
>
>Steve
>
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