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 1Duwtd-0005fV-A1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:32:49 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6JIUwNA014676; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:30:58 GMT Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu (SMTP.CS.NYU.EDU [128.122.140.230]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6JIRPi8016287 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:27:25 GMT Received: from localhost.localdomain (ool-4355e59d.dyn.optonline.net [67.85.229.157]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j6JISPpm001587 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:28:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: by localhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1502) id C28BF4F313; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:28:20 -0400 (EDT) To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] whither booting into single user mode From: Allan Gottlieb Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:28:20 -0400 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) 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 X-Archives-Salt: 06020349-d52f-4798-b54b-e482a9ded58f X-Archives-Hash: 356c142b6bdbf11aac045cd47221c2bf 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 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list