From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EAUbe-0000RN-2F for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:34:30 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7VFQe9Y009676; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:26:40 GMT Received: from tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts25.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.188]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7VFDtQd031869 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:13:56 GMT Received: from sympatico.ca ([70.49.178.170]) by tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with SMTP id <20050831151613.QVI27245.tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net@sympatico.ca> for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:16:13 -0400 Received: by sympatico.ca (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:16:12 -0400 Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:16:12 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] booting into single mode Message-ID: <20050831151612.GA7933@sympatico.ca> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20050831132548.GA8747@sympatico.ca> <20050831140609.GA6609@farnsworth.berlin> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050831140609.GA6609@farnsworth.berlin> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Archives-Salt: fda2bdfa-3c56-44d9-8d0e-7aefc259d081 X-Archives-Hash: 022c25b145ab030017f68d3a04a387d3 050831 Bert Buchholz wrote: > On Wed 31.08 09:25, Philip Webb wrote: >> Is it still possible to boot into 'single' mode, >> ie directly into a no-login root system (for emergencies) ? > You can always do that by appending init=/bin/sh to the kernel line This gets the same result as 'append="emergency"', ie it stops before inittab & asks for the root password; afterwards, it exits into the regular start-up process (thanx to the other user who also suggested this). The other suggestion -- 'append="softlevel=single"' -- doesn't work (no do 'S' or '1'): it says it can't find such a runlevel. It looks as if this is a typically elegant Gentoo solution, but unfortunately one which has not been documented properly anywhere. Anyway, the conclusion is that for emergencies have an entry which contains 'append="emergency"'; also, have a rescue diskette (smile). -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : purslow@chass.utoronto.ca ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list