Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I lost the ability to boot into single user

2009-08-19 Thread Sebastian Beßler
Nikos Chantziaras schrieb: > On 08/19/2009 12:55 PM, Renat Golubchyk wrote: >> Am Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:47:15 -0400 >> schrieb ABCD: >>> Openrc no longer supports the softlevel= option on the kernel command >>> line (this hit me as well, as I use a number of different runlevels). >> >> Is this docume

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I lost the ability to boot into single user

2009-08-19 Thread Renat Golubchyk
Am Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:47:15 -0400 schrieb ABCD : > Openrc no longer supports the softlevel= option on the kernel command > line (this hit me as well, as I use a number of different runlevels). Is this documented somewhere? I'm asking because I have no problem with booting into different runlevels

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I lost the ability to boot into single user

2009-08-18 Thread Shawn Haggett
On Wednesday 19 August 2009 09:17:30 Albert Hopkins wrote: > On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 01:20 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > In a pinch, you can also use the argument init=/bin/bash to get a > > > bash shell up without using init. It's saved me a CD or a heap of > > > trouble a few times. > > > > Wa

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I lost the ability to boot into single user

2009-08-18 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Wed, 2009-08-19 at 01:20 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > In a pinch, you can also use the argument init=/bin/bash to get a > > bash shell up without using init. It's saved me a CD or a heap of > > trouble a few times. > > Wait until some bastard runs > > mv /bin/bash /bin/bash.gotcha > > the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I lost the ability to boot into single user

2009-08-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 19 August 2009 01:11:50 Dan Farrell wrote: > On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:27:57 +0300 > > Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > On 08/18/2009 02:00 AM, Dale wrote: > > > I agree, this should be reported so it can be fixed. While > > > init-/bin/bash would work, it shouldn't be the only option. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I lost the ability to boot into single user

2009-08-18 Thread Dan Farrell
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:27:57 +0300 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 08/18/2009 02:00 AM, Dale wrote: > > I agree, this should be reported so it can be fixed. While > > init-/bin/bash would work, it shouldn't be the only option. > > I filed a bug for it: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28185

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I lost the ability to boot into single user

2009-08-17 Thread Dale
Albert Hopkins wrote: >> Openrc no longer supports the softlevel= option on the kernel command >> line (this hit me as well, as I use a number of different runlevels). >> Instead, pass "S" to skip just about everything, and start a root shell >> (via sulogin), or "1" to do the equivalent of "/sbin/

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: I lost the ability to boot into single user

2009-08-17 Thread Albert Hopkins
> Openrc no longer supports the softlevel= option on the kernel command > line (this hit me as well, as I use a number of different runlevels). > Instead, pass "S" to skip just about everything, and start a root shell > (via sulogin), or "1" to do the equivalent of "/sbin/rc single" (that > is, dr