Morgan Fletcher wrote: >> boot: rescue root=/dev/hda3 init=/bin/sh >> >> This will put you straight into a shell, with no other utilities running. > >Unfortunately, the same thing happens. It is as if the init=/bin/sh >argument is ignored.
In that case you need to boot from an installation disk as though you were going to install from scratch. Go through the initial stages: select colour, keyboard Do not let the installation partition your disk, instead mount the existing partitions. Once you have got that far, switch to /dev/tty2 (Alt + F2) and do this # cd /target (or maybe /mnt -- i can't check that at the moment) # ls should show you the contents of your root partition on the hard disk # sbin/lilo -r /target go back to screen 1 and choose reboot -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP: 1024R/32B8FAA1: 97 EA 1D 47 72 3F 28 47 6B 7E 39 CC 56 E4 C1 47 GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." Galatians 2:20
