Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!sgi!mips!daver!kesa!djc From: djc@Kesa.COM (Don Christensen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Booting Interactive UNIX in single user mode. Keywords: Interactive boot single user Message-ID: <1991Mar30.001214.20425@Kesa.COM> Date: 30 Mar 91 00:12:14 GMT References: <1991Mar28.231111.18260@dkwgate.uucp> Organization: Kesa Corporation Lines: 23 jr@twisted.dkw.com (J.R. Jesson) writes: >In article , malcolmp@otca.oz (Malcolm Purvis) writes: >|> So, is there anyway I can boot up the thing in single user mode so I can >|>fix the stupid file? > (2) mount the root partition on /mnt. You wont have the ls command on > the install diskette, so it may be tough to figure it out, but There is a neat trick that is good to know about when there is no 'ls' command available: use 'echo *'. This certainly works in this situation, I've used it. The better solution is to put /mnt/bin in your path. Or just type /mnt/bin/ls. If you don't know ed, then you will have to mount /usr as well as / (it's easy if you mount it on /mnt/usr). Seems to me that this discussion comes up every 3-6 months. If it isn't in the FAQ already, I think it should be put there. Later, Don -- Don Christensen <=> djc@kesa.com <=> "Ashes and diamonds, foe and friend; Kesa Corporation <=> ...!mips!kesa!djc <=> they are all equal in the end." Santa Clara, CA <=> ...!daver!kesa!djc <=> -- Pink Floyd