Michael Spang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Michael Spang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >>>Alan Ianson wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>On Sat August 27 2005 06:38 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>On Sat August 27 2005 05:28 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>I've tried booting off a cd-rom and mounting the disk, but I can't get >>>>>>>the disk to mount for some reason. I'm willing to try pretty much >>>>>>>anything at this point. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>My default grub menu list has a "recovery" option. If that option isn't >>>>>>there for some reason edit your grub boot command line and try adding >>>>>>"single" to the end. I've never tried it manually before but I have used >>>>>>the recovery mode a few times and I think that's the only difference. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>Ah, but there's the problem. I can't log in to edit anything. Is there >>>>>a way to make a menu come up? (Am I missing something, besides a system >>>>>prompt of course ;-) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>At the grub menu, before the kernel boots. Hit a key to stop the default >>>>from >>>>booting and I believe if you press "e" you can edit the boot command. Just >>>>add "single" to the end and then boot that way. That will boot in recovery >>>>mode I think. I hope mysql isn't loading in that mode ;). If that doesn't >>>>work you may need to boot with a knopix or ubuntu disk and edit whatever >>>>needs editing that way. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Ha. If its running from the startup runlevel then you could always add >>>init=/bin/bash to your command line. But why would you have MySQL in >>>/etc/rcS.d/? Also, you don't need to type out 'single', just S will work >>>fine. >>> >>>HTH, >>>Michael Spang >>> >>> >>>-- >>>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>It is running from the startup run level, but how do I add >>init=/bin/bash if I can't get a system prompt from the system? >> >>To take another angle on this, I have booted the system under Knoppix, but >>when I try to mount the disk, it says "/dev/sda1 NOT A BLOCK DEVICE". >>Is there any way to get the system to cough up what it thinks the device >>name of the disk is? >> >>Dave Williams >> >> >> >>__________________________________________________________________ >>Switch to Netscape Internet Service. >>As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register >> >>Netscape. Just the Net You Need. >> >>New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer >>Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. >>Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp >> >> >> >> >Are you using LILO or GRUB? As another post said, with GRUB you will >have a menu on boot with a list of options, pressing 'e' on the desired >option will allow you to add to the command line. With LILO you have to >press something else. If all else fails you can use Knoppix to remove >the offending startup script. > >HTH, >Michael Spang > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
I've tried to use Knoppix to boot the machine, which it did, but I couldn't mount the disk, which is /dev/sda1. Would the fact that the logical disk is /dev/sda1, while it's actually a RAID (just mirroring) array possibly make a difference? Dave Williams __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
