Re: I messed up bootmisc.sh - now can't log in!
On Sat August 27 2005 06:38 pm, dwilliams1066@netscape.net wrote:
> 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.
>
> 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 ;-)
At the grub menu, before the kernel boots. Hit a key to stop the default from
booting and I believe if you press "e" you can edit the boot command. Just
add "single" to the end and then boot that way. That will boot in recovery
mode I think. I hope mysql isn't loading in that mode ;). If that doesn't
work you may need to boot with a knopix or ubuntu disk and edit whatever
needs editing that way.
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