Re: Commanding rc.local not to run at boot..possible.?

From: Mark Sargent (powderkeg_at_snow.email.ne.jp)
Date: 04/11/05

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    kwhiskers wrote:

    >thanks for mentioning that! you never know when it will save our asses.
    >
    >On Apr 10, 2005 8:00 PM, Claude Jones <claude_jones@levitjames.com> wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Mark Sargent wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>>Hi All,
    >>>
    >>>have a script in rc.local that hangs the machine at boot(I was seeing
    >>>if the system here at home would do the same as my work PC, which it
    >>>did, unfortunately). How can I instruct the boot process not to
    >>>process rc.local. Is it possible from the command line to do this, and
    >>>could you tell me what the command would be.? Knoppix3.7 doesn't
    >>>recognize LVM, so I can't mount the partition and make a change to
    >>>rc.local and booting with telinit 3 still gets the hang. Cheers.
    >>>
    >>>Mark Sargent.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>I just went through this, and reading through the posts, I'm surprised
    >>no one mentioned this:
    >>Right after the kernel is unpacked in the beginning of boot, you get a
    >>dialogue telling you to press 'I' for interactive mode. Do that, and
    >>each command in the bootup gives you a Y/N dialogue. rc.local should be
    >>the very last command, and it will say something like 'start local? Y|N'
    >>pressing N will bypass rc.local.
    >>
    >>--
    >>Claude Jones
    >>Bluemont, VA, USA
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    Hi All,

    ah, guys, so many ways to skin a cat, eh..great stuff, cheers.

    Mark Sargent.

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