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From: Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user]  Re: I lost the ability to boot into single user
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On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:27:57 +0300
Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de> wrote:

> On 08/18/2009 02:00 AM, Dale wrote:
> > I agree, this should be reported so it can be fixed.  While
> > init-/bin/bash would work, it shouldn't be the only option.
> 
> I filed a bug for it: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281850
> 
> 

In a pinch, you can also use the argument init=/bin/bash to get a
bash shell up without using init.  It's saved me a CD or a heap of
trouble a few times.