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Re: Boot RH40 in single user mode?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Todd Weible)
Sun Nov 24 17:41:30 1996
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 15:28:03 -0700 (MST)
From: Todd Weible <toddw@user1.cyberhighway.net>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <199611242226.QAA24974@elwood.probe.net>
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On Sun, 24 Nov 1996, Thomas Molina wrote:
[snip]
> >
> >at boot: prompt just type
> >linux single
> >
> >if linux is the name of the lilo option.
> >
> >Todd
> >toddw@cyberhighway.net
>
> The other possibility is type:
>
> init 1
> or
> init single
>
> at a prompt, assuming you are superuser.
I think he was saying that the problem he had would not allow him to fully
boot the machine, thus he cannot log in as superuser. In fact the only
reason to use linux single is if you in fact cannot get a login and a
prompt.
Todd
toddw@cyberhighway.net
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