Re: The XDM trap
On Tue, Jul 07, 1998 at 10:38:29AM -0500, Thomas Vaughan wrote:
> >>>>> "MAD" == Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman-debian-devel@debian.org> writes:
> MAD> On Mon, Jul 06, 1998 at 03:43:57AM -0500, Kysh Dragon wrote:
> >>
> >> This problem actually happens to a LOT of people, and absolutely
> >> freaks newbies out to no end.
> MAD> It's also one of the few places old DOS habits can help you
> MAD> out---when that happens, I find it enough to just keep hitting
> MAD> Ctrl-Alt-Del until init catches it, and closes everything down.
> MAD> Then reboot into single user mode.
> How does one "reboot into single user mode"?
Well, on my intel machines, at the lilo prompt you type 'linux single'. I
think you can do basically the same thing from the rescue disks. Different
architectures will use different methods, of course. My alpha needs me to
type 'boot root=/dev/sda2 single' at the milo prompt.
If you're using a kernel dd'd onto a floppy you're out of luck, of course.
Mike.
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