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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] I lost the ability to boot into single user
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On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Dale<rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>> I used to specify this:
>>
>>   softlevel=boot
>>
>> in the Grub screen to boot to single user.  However, this doesn't work
>> anymore; it boots right into the "default" runlevel.  I think this
>> happened after I upgraded to GCC 4.4.1 (and rebuilt system and world
>> with it, and also the kernel.)
>>
>> What can the problem be?  What is needed for "softlevel=" selection to
>> work?
>>
>>
>>
>
> Try softlevel=single and see if that works.  I go to single user using
> the command rc single so it should exist and should work from grub too.
>
> Maybe grub has changed its options?

I think you can put the number 1 on the end of the line instead for
the same result... not completely sure though. I don't think I've ever
booted to single-user mode.