Re: howto rescue an install with an USB keyboard??
On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:22:28 +0100
Bruno Boettcher <bboett@bboett.dyndns.org> wrote:
> Hello
>
> sometimes the reboot doesn't go well and the IPL gets stopped at the
> stage where some disk needs attending...
>
> and there i am blocked....
> its now the 4th time i reinstalled the base system, since there seem
> no way to tell the rescue disk to load the scsi adapter module...
>
> and since the bios recognizes the keyboard, grub recognizes the
> keyboard, but the kernel that came up and asks for the root passwort
> suddenly can't use the usb keyboard... :(
"disk needs attending" - As in filesystem problems that can be fixed
with fdisk or similar? I would recommend a Knoppix cd (or another
version) and then you can run the tools to fix it. On the off chance
that Knoppix itself doesn't have the tools, you can always chroot to
your Debian install after booting off the Knoppix cd.
HTH,
Jacob
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