> Is there any way to skip the XDM startup file? Maybe if I start up in > single user mode? Is there a LILO option for that?
Assuming that "linux" is your kernel image with lilo, at the lilo prompt, you can try one of the following: LILO: linux single or LILO: linux emergency "single" brings you up in single user mode. "emergency" brings up just enough to run a root shell--ie, it doesn't mount anything but the root partition (and it mounts that read-only), doesn't run any start-up scripts or anything else. Hope this helps. -- - John Larkin - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://aij.st.hmc.edu/~jlarkin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]