* Michael Stone said: > > 1. on the LILO: prompt type "emergency" and tap ENTER > > 2. system boots with a limited set of utilities and an emergency shell > > which you can use to diagnose the problem and file a bug report or > > plea for help." > > And what is someone who didn't know how to type "init=/bin/sash" going > to at this point to "diagnose the problem"? Let's be honest here: a user He has sash prompt and the sash has it's .profile setup in a way that friendly tells the user to type -more /etc/recover/README and follow the instructions there. Or, there's another static program which diagnoses what can be diagnosed by a machine - missing vital libraries etc. marek
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