David Damerell writes: >It might be a good idea to do this in single-user mode or even booted >with init=/bin/bash (caution; you'll need to remount the root >filesystem ro after you're done and sync it.) In situations like this, Magic SysRq is your friend: Alt-SysRq-U Alt-SysRq-B Tet -- Gllug mailing list - Gllug at linux.co.uk http://list.ftech.net/mailman/listinfo/gllug