Re: [Bug-grub] Re: what replaces "emergency"?

[Jason Thomas]

I use this from grub, but I type it in manually when needed.

e.g edit a menu option and append to the end 'init=/bin/sh'

you could also have a menu option with this appended to the end permanently
like:

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.10-ac4
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.10-ac4 root=/dev/hda1 ro

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.10-ac4, single
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.10-ac4 root=/dev/hda1 ro single

title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.10-ac4, recovery
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.10-ac4 root=/dev/hda1 ro init=/bin/sh


On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 09:26:32PM +0200, Robert Siemer wrote:
> 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
> 
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