Re: what replaces "emergency"?

[Robert Siemer]

Okay, here is the thread. Please read my 
mail `LILO's "emergency"  (?)'. It explains a lot.


> LILO boot: linux emergency

> In emergency mode, you are booted into the most minimal
> environment possible. The root filesystem will be mounted
> read-only and almost nothing will be set up. The main
> advantage of this over linux single is that your init
> files are not loaded. If init is corrupted or not
> working, you can still mount filesystems to recover data
> that could be lost during a re-installation."

Not true. If init is corrupted, "emergency" may not help, as this
depends on a working init. Instead boot with kernel parameter init set
to a different executable:

init=/bin/sh

LILO: linux init=/bin/sh
GRUB: kernel .../vmlinuz root=... ...=... init=/bin/sh



Bye,
        Robert