Re: boot into single mode?

From: Khalid Schofield (oums0246_at_crow.linux.ox.ac.uk)
Date: 02/26/04

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    Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 23:21:40 +0000
To: Michael Renner <michael.renner@gemini.qad.org>

    power the system on
    before it boots press escape to go into system maintenence mode

    go into the command monitor

    at the prompt type single

    enter ur root passwd

    there you are simple as that :-) your in single user mode.

    hope this is helpful

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    On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Michael Renner wrote:

    > 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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