eric> ok i goofed; i have a typo in /etc/inittab.
eric> guess i set the run level to 9 instead of 3.
eric> that's what happens when you learn 10-key on
eric> two different keyboard layouts. on this
eric> machine, i normally boot from a floppy to hda5;
eric> i.e., lilo is not installed. but booting here
eric> fails because obviously run level 9 does not
eric> exist. "boot -s" i thought would work around so
eric> I could fix /etc/inittab, but it is not booting
eric> into single mode. not sure why. how can i get
eric> to that file to fix it?
Sounds like a job for tomsrtbt (Tom's Root Boot), the
best tool I've ever seen for such emergencies. Everyone
should have a copy sitting around somewhere. Visit:
http://www.toms.net/rb/
Download the floppy image, put it on a disk, and boot
from the disk, after which you'll be able to mount your
box's root file system and fix the inittab.
--
Lynn David Newton
Phoenix, AZ
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