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How can I boot Linux to single user mode instead of multiuser mode?
The man pages for init say, that I have to run telinit, but how can
I boot to single user, if the machine doesn't come at all (i.e.*
after going to multiuser)?

Thanks
Andre

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Quote:> How can I boot Linux to single user mode instead of multiuser mode?
> The man pages for init say, that I have to run telinit, but how can
> I boot to single user, if the machine doesn't come at all (i.e.*
> after going to multiuser)?

: How can I boot Linux to single user mode instead of multiuser mode?
: The man pages for init say, that I have to run telinit, but how can
: I boot to single user, if the machine doesn't come at all (i.e.*
: after going to multiuser)?

: Thanks
: Andre

Linux uses the program "LILO" (for LInux LOader) to boot it up....  This
is documented (among other places) in the file /usr/src/lilo/README which
says :

LILO is also able to pass command-line options to the kernel. Command-line
options are words that follow the name of the boot image and that are
separated by spaces. Currently, the kernel recognizes the options
root=<device>,  ro  and  rw , and all current init programs also recognize
the option  single . The option  vga  is processed by the boot loader itself.
single  boots the system in single-user mode. This bypasses all system
initialization procedures and directly starts a root shell on the console.
Multi-user mode can be entered by exiting the single-user shell or by
rebooting.

There is a wealth of useful information in this README.  Everyone should
take the opportunity to do so... it'll solve a LOT of problems! :)

- Mark

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