Am 06.01.2017 15:45, schrieb Dan Ritter: > On Fri, Jan 06, 2017 at 03:32:01PM +0100, h...@hanswkraus.com wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> urgent help needed. After adding an iptable entry for masquerading my >> local network and making it permanent with >> the package "iptables-persistent" my Debian server doesn't boot any >> more. >> It hangs with the line: >> A start job is running for LSB: Raise network interfaces. ( ... /no >> limit) >> The root file system where it boots from is on an Adaptec HW Raid >> interface, the motherboard is a Asrock. >> >> I habe tried to boot from a live CD (by pressing F11 as the short boot >> msg of the motherboard suggests), but with no avail, >> the boot menue doesn't appear. I don't see the Grub menue, the screen is >> momentarily blank. >> The computer insists on booting from the Adaptec. >> >> Is there any chance to interrupt the booting process? The other command >> windows (Alt-F2 .. Alt-F6) show only the line >> A start job is running for LSB: Raise network interfaces. ( ... /no >> limit) > > When you boot normally, do you get a GRUB menu flashing by? If > so, you can interrupt it there (try down-arrow) and edit the > boot line to change the init system to init=/bin/sh > > Then you can mount your root filesystem r/w > mount -o remount,rw / > and edit your iptables troubles away. > > -dsr-
Hi Dan, tanks for the help but I don't see a GRUB menu. Maybe it's there because I get an info from the screen: frequency out of range... After a dew seconds the system beeps once and continues booting. Kind regards, Hans