[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >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] > >
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