Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.med...@gmail.com> writes:

> Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes:
>
> N> On Wed 06 Aug 2014 at 17:04:55 +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
>>
>>> Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> writes:
>>> 
>>> > Then eventually it will get to a menu "Enter rescue mode" that will
>>> > ask what device to use as a root file system.  It will list the
>>> > partitions that it has automatically detected.  (If you have raid or
>>> > lvm then it will list options for those.  If not then just the simple
>>> > disks.)  Select the appropriate partition from the list.  Then
>>> > continue.  At that point it presents a menu "Execute a shell in
>>> > /dev/...".  That is what you want.  That should get you a shell on
>>> > your system with everything needed mounted.
>>> >
>>> > Bob
>>> 
>>> Thanks.  In debian-installer rescue mode: I choose
>>> 
>>>  `Execute a shell in /dev/sda7',
>>> 
>>> and then:
>>> 
>>>  `After this message, you will be given a shell with /dfev/sda7 mounted on
>>>  "/"...'
>>> 
>>> I press enter, and it gets back to the previous: `Execute a shell in
>>> /dev/sda7'.  I press enter, and again to `After this message...' and so on
>>> and so on...
>>
>> Never seen that behaviour. Is /dev/sda7 where you have your root file
>> system?  Are you using the Wheezy installer?
>
> Well, no, I'm using Lenny installer.
>
> Rodolfo

...In fact, if I ask it to execute shell in another partition, where I have
Lenny, it works.  What do you suggest?

Rodolfo


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