Re: Change Default mode for startup

[Stian Oksavik <stian@cs.utexas.edu>]

On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, michael sean edwards wrote:
[snip]
> Well yeah, barely heh heh. It's a little bit the "chicken and egg" problem
> because by the time I get into Linux I am already screwed (Hanging) and so
> have a hard time editing any config files..Thats why I was hoping that there
> might be something that I could put into the BootX "kernel arg" before
> leaving the safety of Mac OS. I will work on this. Turning off the video
> driver seems to let me function in a very halting fashion.

Try supplying the argument " init=/bin/sh" to BootX. This should give you
a single-user shell to permit you to do the necessary editing.
(The leading space is only necessary to separate this clause from any
other bootx arguments you may choose to use.)

Hope this helps,
-Stian