Re: what replaces "emergency"?

[Tom]

--- Gordon Matzigkeit <address@hidden> wrote:
> Tom <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Sorry, the lilo.conf file does not have an "emergency"
> > entry. Lilo apparently understands that as a shortcut,
> > and passes the appropriate parameters to the kernel.
> 
> Please send us the documentation for this command.

I can't find much, but to quote from:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-6.2-Manual/ref-guide/s1-sysadmin-rescue.html

"Booting Single-User Mode Directly

You may be able to boot single-user mode directly. If
your system boots, but does not allow you to log in
when it has completed booting, try rebooting and
specifying one of these options at the LILO boot prompt:

LILO boot: linux single
LILO boot: linux emergency

In single-user mode, you computer boots to runlevel 1.
Your local filesystems will be mounted but your network
will not be activated. You get a usable system
maintenance shell.
         
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."

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