Re: I messed up bootmisc.sh - now can't log in!
Alan Ianson <alianson@shaw.ca> wrote:
>On Sat August 27 2005 05:28 pm, dwilliams1066@netscape.net wrote:
>
>> I've tried booting off a cd-rom and mounting the disk, but I can't get the
>> disk to mount for some reason. I'm willing to try pretty much anything at
>> this point.
>
>My default grub menu list has a "recovery" option. If that option isn't there
>for some reason edit your grub boot command line and try adding "single" to
>the end. I've never tried it manually before but I have used the recovery
>mode a few times and I think that's the only difference.
>
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Ah, but there's the problem. I can't log in to edit anything. Is there
a way to make a menu come up? (Am I missing something, besides a system prompt of course ;-)
Dave
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