Michael Spang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Alan Ianson wrote: > >>On Sat August 27 2005 06:38 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >>>Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>On Sat August 27 2005 05:28 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>I've tried booting off a cd-rom and mounting the disk, but I can't get >>>>>the disk to mount for some reason. I'm willing to try pretty much >>>>>anything at this point. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>My default grub menu list has a "recovery" option. If that option isn't >>>>there for some reason edit your grub boot command line and try adding >>>>"single" to the end. I've never tried it manually before but I have used >>>>the recovery mode a few times and I think that's the only difference. >>>> >>>> >>>Ah, but there's the problem. I can't log in to edit anything. Is there >>>a way to make a menu come up? (Am I missing something, besides a system >>>prompt of course ;-) >>> >>> >> >>At the grub menu, before the kernel boots. Hit a key to stop the default from >>booting and I believe if you press "e" you can edit the boot command. Just >>add "single" to the end and then boot that way. That will boot in recovery >>mode I think. I hope mysql isn't loading in that mode ;). If that doesn't >>work you may need to boot with a knopix or ubuntu disk and edit whatever >>needs editing that way. >> >> >> >> >Ha. If its running from the startup runlevel then you could always add >init=/bin/bash to your command line. But why would you have MySQL in >/etc/rcS.d/? Also, you don't need to type out 'single', just S will work >fine. > >HTH, >Michael Spang > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
It is running from the startup run level, but how do I add init=/bin/bash if I can't get a system prompt from the system? To take another angle on this, I have booted the system under Knoppix, but when I try to mount the disk, it says "/dev/sda1 NOT A BLOCK DEVICE". Is there any way to get the system to cough up what it thinks the device name of the disk is? Dave Williams __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
