On Fri, Mar 31, 2000 at 08:59:11AM +0000, john smith wrote: > hello, > > I would like to know if there is a way to execute a bash shell or > whatever shell during "booting or bootstrapping" of the kernel. i.e. > while the kernel is booting. I moved something and the kernel keeps > looping and looping trying to find it and it doesnt want to stop it > just keeps going and going and going..now if I can execute a shell > somehow while it is starting to "boot" ..I am sure I can put it back > into place. >
Boot off of a rescue disk. The Debian CD will work, if you have a bootable cdrom. I don't know how you get a shell if the OS hasn't finished loading. -- +----------------------------------------------------+ | Eric G. Miller egm2@jps.net | | GnuPG public key: http://www.jps.net/egm2/gpg.asc | +----------------------------------------------------+
