Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 16 Jan 1997 14:02:22 +1100 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: Single user mode |
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Richard B. Johnson writes: > On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Mike Kilburn wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > > > > > > > Some distributors execute /bin/sulogin in "single user" mode so you > > > will be challenged for a password even in single user mode. This > > > will prevent you from logging in. > > > > But doesnt 'linux init=/bin/sh' always work? If init does not run > > then inittab will be ignored. > > > > How do you get that on a floppy disk???? You don't use lilo to make > a bootable floppy, you use rdev which (as far as I know) doesn't take > anything except setting the root file-system and whether or not it's
Actually, I do use LILO to make boot floppies. Much more flexible: I can keep a handful of kernels on the one disc, plus I can change root devices and so forth without having to run to another Linux machine to run rdev. "One size fits all".
Regards,
Richard....
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