boot into single mode?

From: Michael Renner (michael.renner_at_gemini.qad.org)
Date: 02/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 19:18:16 +0100

Moin,

after changing some settinge in my network (internal Domain, NIS-Server
etc) an old but needed Indigo2 won't boot any longer.

It start up normal until

/usr/freeware/apache/sbin/apachectl start: httpd started

Then the maschine hangs. I can login remote, but I don't get a shell:

cassiopeia:~# telnet 192.168.2.60
Trying 192.168.2.60...
Connected to 192.168.2.60.
Escape character is '^]'.

IRIX (centaurus.mtr.local)

login: root
Password:
IRIX Release 6.5 IP22 centaurus
Copyright 1987-2002 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Last login: Wed Feb 25 19:09:37 MET 2004 by
UNKNOWN@cassiopeia.mtr.local

Now I'm looking for a chance to boot into a single user mode, but

boot dksc(0,1,0)/unix init S

seems to start up normal .... until it hangs again.
BTW: wasn't there a 4 finger trick to reboot a sgi? It is probably a bad
idea to switch it off and on again to try the next thing.

Any hint? 

-- 
|Michael Renner      E-mail: michael.renner@gmx.de  |
|D-72072 Tuebingen   Germany                        |
|Germany             Don't drink as root!      ESC:wq

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