[gentoo-user] single command line argument not working on boot

[gentoo-user] single command line argument not working on boot

[John covici]

Hi.  I was under the impression that I could boot into a shell before
the runlevel default started by adding single to my boot command
line.  There is nothing in the single directory and right now when I
say single it goes right to run level 3.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

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[gentoo-user] Re: single command line argument not working on boot

[»Q«]

In <news:17843.55008.708770.602230@ccs.covici.com>,
John covici <covici@ccs.covici.com> wrote:

> I was under the impression that I could boot into a shell before
> the runlevel default started by adding single to my boot command
> line.

Use softlevel=single instead of just single .

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[gentoo-user] Re: single command line argument not working on boot

[John covici]

on Sunday 01/21/2007 »Q«(boxcars@gmx.net) wrote
 > In <news:17843.55008.708770.602230@ccs.covici.com>,
 > John covici <covici@ccs.covici.com> wrote:
 > 
 > > I was under the impression that I could boot into a shell before
 > > the runlevel default started by adding single to my boot command
 > > line.
 > 
 > Use softlevel=single instead of just single .
Ahhh, thanks much.


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[gentoo-user] Re: single command line argument not working on boot

[Harm Geerts]

On Sunday 21 January 2007 22:10, John covici wrote:
> Hi.  I was under the impression that I could boot into a shell before
> the runlevel default started by adding single to my boot command
> line.  There is nothing in the single directory and right now when I
> say single it goes right to run level 3.
>
> Any assistance would be appreciated.

The single runlevel is different from what you want.

If you want a shell instead of a runlevel you can boot with the init parameter 
like this:
<your_kernel_image> init=/bin/sh
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: single command line argument not working on boot

[Iván Pérez Domínguez]

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Harm Geerts wrote:
> On Sunday 21 January 2007 22:10, John covici wrote:
>> Hi.  I was under the impression that I could boot into a shell before
>> the runlevel default started by adding single to my boot command
>> line.  There is nothing in the single directory and right now when I
>> say single it goes right to run level 3.
>>
>> Any assistance would be appreciated.
> 
> The single runlevel is different from what you want.
> 
> If you want a shell instead of a runlevel you can boot with the init parameter 
> like this:
> <your_kernel_image> init=/bin/sh

If you just want to prevent a specific daemon from loading, you can also
press 'I' when the runlevel starts. This will give you an interactive boot.

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