[plug] rescue mode on debian

[James Bromberger]

On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 05:47:45PM +0800, Lathiat wrote:
> how do i get into debians rescue mode without the disk, like it puts you in 
> if you need to run fsck or soemthing
> I think it is maintenence mode because right now libpam.so.0 got deleted so 
> /bin/login wont run (read hard drive tribbles and tribulations) so any 
> help? ive got a boot disk but doing root=/dev/hda1 isnt enough it needs 
> init= etc but i know maintence mode works because i was in it a minute ago 
> after it complained about fsck

Hodl down shift when it starts to boot. You should get a "lilo: " prompt. 
Press "?" to geta list of images. The "<image> s", ie, the name of the image 
followed by a letter 's'. This will boot single user. Enter your root 
password when prompted. Fix the problem, then "exit" the shell.

HTH.

  James

-- 
 James Bromberger <james_AT_rcpt.to> www.james.rcpt.to

 Remainder moved to http://www.james.rcpt.to/james/sig.html
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 232 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.plug.org.au/pipermail/plug/attachments/20010903/07daade8/attachment.pgp>