Re: how to boot into single user mode?

["Jay Barbee" <sysjyb@adm105.adm.louisville.edu>]

at the LILO boot prompt you can type:

linux single

To boot your "linux" kernel.

--Jay


> folks,
> 
> after successfuly downloading and installing debian 2.0,
> i foolishly set it to start xdm at boot time. unfortunatly
> i did not get the X server configured correctly and i am
> now unable to login at the console. i am also not able to
> remote login because the console is secured against root
> ogins and i did not create any user accounts.
> 
> i figure the only way to fix this is to boot into single user
> mode and remove the xdm entries, however i am not sure
> how to do this in linux... needless to say i am feeling very
> stupid right about now. any help would be appreciated.
> 
> //daryl
> 
> 
> 
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