[gentoo-user] whither booting into single user mode

[Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu>]

Previously I could boot into single user mode with the following line
in grub

        kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.8-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hdc7 single

After a recent emerge sync and update of world, the above is just a
normal multiuser boot.

I can use

        kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.8-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hdc7 softlevel=single

but this is not the same as booting into single user mode.  For
example, there are virtual terminals, and hitting ^D does not then put
you into multiuser mode.

I like single user mode for doing (incremental) backups each day
before logging in.  I realize I can write "init.d scripts" and will
probably do so, but having an interactive shell "on the way up to"
full multiuser mode seems useful.

Does anyone know the current method of achieving what

        kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.8-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hdc7 single

use to do a few weeks ago?

Thanks,
allan
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