Re: rescue without floppy or CD?
I tried linux with single user mode as well, but got the same result.
I also had tried
linux init=/bin/sh
last night, but everything hangs after insmod tries to write to the log
file, and I never get to a shell prompt.
I think if I could prevent any attempts to write to /var, then I might
be able to get somewhere, but things may be even worse than that.
Thanks,
Greg
--- Vineet Kumar <debian-user@virtual.doorstop.net> wrote:
> * Greg Balls (greggyb@yahoo.com) [030711 08:39]:
> > Now the question: my CD drive on the laptop died about a year ago,
> and
> > I have no floppy drive, so is there any way to boot into a rescue
> mode
> > (that doesn't try to write log files, for instance) to try to fix
> this?
>
> You said you tried various runlevels ... did you try runlevel 1
> (single-user mode?)
>
> Try booting with
>
> linux single
>
> To get to single-user mode. If that still doesn't get you anywhere,
> try
>
> linux init=/bin/sh
>
> you'll get a root shell with only / mounted. You can then mount
> other
> filesystems to try to repair the damage. Remember to unmount them
> when
> you're done ... if you try to just leave that shell you won't see
> init
> cleaning up after you, but rather a kernel panic. =)
>
> good times,
> Vineet
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