2006/6/21, Paul Stear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On Wednesday 21 June 2006 11:05, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:47:11 +0100, Paul Stear wrote:
> > 1. What is the correct procedure to recover a system in this state?
> > What tools do I need?
>
> In this case, all you need to do is boot without X, or SSH in from
> another box. As a last resort you could boot a live CD chroot and fix
> things.
How do I boot without x? (I've got a feeling I should know this) I am using
grub.
You have 2 options :
- add 'single' or '1' to the grub boot params.
- press I (interactive mode) during init and then choose to NOT start
xdm when the init script asks for it.
HTH.
Boris.
> > 2. I have an rsynced backup on an external usb harddrive, but unless I
> > can loggin how can I restore the files from the backup?
>
> By booting from a live CD.
I tried that but my cd didn't have rsync on it Its 2005.1 created Sept 05
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