[Gllug] newbie/problem

[Andrew Halliwell]

> On Tuesday, 10 Dec 2002, Andrew Halliwell wrote:
> >I wrote:
> >>Hardly; one doesn't even require rescue discs, provided one is not
> >>locked out of the boot loader. Just boot with init=/bin/bash -
> >>unfortunately I don't speak vanilla GRUB let alone SuSE's GRUB, so
> >>someone else will have to explain how to do that...
> >Not the most friendly environment for a newbie though.
> >No keymap set, no paths or other environment variables...
> 
> You only want to edit one file, not write a thesis - and I think it's
> important in general not to propagate the myth that a rescue disc or
> CD (let alone a distribution-specific one) is necessary for this
> operation.

I never said it was necessary. But if you have the tools available, why not
use them? (He said he has SuSE, which means he has the rescue system readily
available).

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