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From: chuck gelm <chuck@gelm.net>
Subject: Re: inittab problem
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 07:04:52 -0500
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Dermot Paikkos wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> SYS: Slackware 9.1 on Dell Dim 2400, Intel Cel
> 
> I have go myself into a bit of a fix. I changed the default runlevel from 3 
> to 4 so I would get a GUI at boot up. However I haven't correctly 
> configured my Xserver and now my system is stalling at boot-up and I 
> can find a way to get access to a shell to edit the inittab.
> 
> Does anyone know of a switch/arg I could use that might allow me to 
> boot the system into single users mode? I thought I could boot from my 
> floppy which prompts me for a command to use.
> 
> Any ideas,
> Dp.
> 
> ~~
> Dermot Paikkos * dermot@sciencephoto.com
> Network Administrator @ Science Photo Library
> Phone: 0207 432 1100 * Fax: 0207 286 8668

  At the lilo boot prompt
boot: Linux
  add 'single', thusly
boot: Linux single
  or
boot: Linux multi
  perhaps even
boot: Linux emergency

HTH, Chuck