Won't boot up

[Matthew Carpenter]

I seem to recall we had a bootstrap SxS on the site which basically 
detailed hacking in the system something like this:

Edit the GRUB line to append the following onto the kernel line:
    init=/bin/bash
and boot.
You will be met with a root shell prompt.  Type (not the #):
# mount -n -o remount,rw /
# mount -a            (optional and may cause issues, especially with LVM)
# vi /etc/inetd.conf   (or whatever you wish to do with vi)

When done making changes:
# mount -n -o remount,ro /
Power Button (give it a few seconds).


LVM is a different beast, but not too tough.  Right after remounting / 
rw, type (not the #):
# vgscan
# vgchange -a y       
# mount -a



Joel Hammer wrote:

>>What if you remove inetd from the bootup sequence?
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>I tried that, and then the bootup sequence stalled at portmap.
>
>So, I figured it must be some service starting downstream
>hanging things up.
>
>So, I booted up with knoppix, and using sed, put an: echo
>Starting (filename) in each file in init.d (including
>functions, very stupid).
>
>Turns out that the ntpd daemon was stalling, and on a
>command I added to the startup file:
>     rdate -s time-b.nist.gov
>This command just hangs.
>
>So, I commented this thing out, and it boots up.
>
>This booted up fine two months ago, so, maybe something
>changed at the time server.
>
>Well, everything seems to be working fine, now.
>
>This sounds easy writing about it, but it took me over
>two hours. Going down blind alleys really takes up time.
>
>Joel
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