[Gloucs] RedHat 8 won't boot

[Alex Craddock]

If you are using lilo you can type 'linux single' to get it to boot into 
command prompt.  This may be relevant.


>From: Glyn Davies <glynd@walmore.com>
>Reply-To: gloucs@mailman.lug.org.uk
>To: gloucs@mailman.lug.org.uk
>Subject: Re: [Gloucs] RedHat 8 won't boot
>Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 23:50:34 +0000
>
>Joe Stanbrook wrote:
>
>>Thanks Tim,
>>
>>I can't get it to login using the shell, it displays the login prompt but 
>>that is replaced by the error message before I have a chance to login
>>
>>Joe
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>Joe,
>
>Have you tried booting the machine in single user mode (apologies if I 
>haven't watched the thread closely enough)? If you have LILO as your boot 
>loader and it comes up with a LILO splash screen hit CTRL-X to get to the 
>LILO console and type (IIRC) linux -s
>
>You should end up and a root shell. From there, my guess is that you need 
>to edit /etc/inittab such that the entry that says
>
>id:5:initdefault:
>
>now says
>
>id:3:initdefault:
>
>I would then reboot and hopefully when the machine returns you will have a 
>console login.
>
>Run level 5 is X11 while 3 is just multiuser Linux.
>
>If you don't have LILO and have GRUB instead, at the initial GRUB screen 
>type 'e' (for edit) and (then maybe 'e' again) add the -s to the kernel 
>line. Then 'b' to boot.
>
>--
>Best Regards
>Glyn Davies
>
>
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