Won't boot up

[Joel Hammer]

I use lilo.

I booted with the single parameter, but that is useless
since you don't have any tools (like vi). Knoppix was a
real saver.

Joel

On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 10:52:03PM -0400, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> 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