[plug] rescue mode on debian

[Trent Lloyd]

THANKYOU!
it works now, now to fix the damage i did somehow

At 10:52 PM 3/09/01 +0800, you wrote:
>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
>
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