This did it!!! I had misunderstood the last lines of this post. (I stupidly missed the "in either case".
I"m back in business. Thank you Bryan! Thank you all! A VERY grateful Dave Williams. Bryan Donlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 8/29/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Can anyone recommend a good disk recovery company? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Dave Williams > >You don't need one for this. Which bootloader are you using, LILO or >GRUB? You can pass init=/bin/sh using it. > >For grub, select the boot menu option, press 'e', select the line >beginning with kernel, press 'e', go to the end of the line and add >'init=/bin/sh'. Then press enter, then 'b'. > >For LILO, hold shift until you get a lilo prompt. Then type linux init=/bin/sh. > >Either way will get you a command prompt. Then: >mount -t proc proc /proc >mount -o remount,rw / >[edit, fix bootmisc.sh] >mount -o remount,ro / >umount /proc >exec /sbin/init > __________________________________________________________________ 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]
