> At 08:02 AM 27/03/97 -0800, Ken Gaugler wrote: > >A while back someone told me how to boot in single-user mode. I can't > >seem to find that email, and there is no man page for boot or single. > > > >Could someone please refresh my memory? > > > >And I wonder why commands like 'shutdown -s' do not result in a > >single user boot? > > Interrupt the LILO: boot prompt before it loads the kernel image.
(do this by holding the ALT key pressed) > Then, > type the image you normally load, followed by a capital S ie: > > LILO: Linux S > > And that'll boot single user mode (it'll also ask for the root password). Yes, although I usually find that "linux emergency" is really what I want (Single-user still loads quite a few scripts). -- joost witteveen [EMAIL PROTECTED] I came, I saw, ..., well, it wasn't free so I left again. (LUA, 1988)