Re: Can't boot

From: Nico Kadel-Garcia (nkadel_at_verizon.net)
Date: 08/30/03 

Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 00:34:58 GMT

Davide Bianchi wrote:

> Ken Loomis <kloomis@notarealaddress.com> wrote:
>
>>Grub sceen comes up
>
>
> Hummm... I've never used grub, so you'd better check grub
> documentation about how to boot in single user mode. There must
> be a way, otherwise you have to boot with a CD in "rescue mode".
>
> Davide

Select the kernel to boot with, hit "e" to edit, then select the boot
line and hit "e" to edit that, then add "1" to the end, then hit "b" or
maybe hit escape first, then "b".

There are some helpful hints on the pages involved. Because Grub is
running out of "/boot" instead out of the extremely limited MBR program
space, it allws a lot more flexibility in its options.

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