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Title: How To Boot Into Single User Mode?
Post by: dansawyer on May 28, 2005, 04:06:36 pm

Opps! I tried to install vncviewer and it corrupted the boot process. I believe the offending script is in /etc/rc2.d.

How can the Z be booted into something other then rc2?

I would really like not to reflash.

Dan

Title: How To Boot Into Single User Mode?
Post by: Mickeyl on May 28, 2005, 07:26:13 pm

Sorry, thanks to suboptimal angelboot boot loader there's no way to change the kernel boot command line without flashing a different kernel.

If you don't get in via serial or ssh, you need to flash a kernel with init=/bin/busybox sh

Title: How To Boot Into Single User Mode?
Post by: dansawyer on May 28, 2005, 07:45:22 pm

Thanks,

Is there a way to recover the packages loaded into sd?

Several reported running post install scripts. I assume these updated flash ram as well as sd ram. If that is so can those updates be recovered?

Thanks,
Dan

Title: How To Boot Into Single User Mode?
Post by: dansawyer on May 28, 2005, 08:28:40 pm

Well,

Some packages came accross and some 'did not'.

Wellenreiter and mediaplayer2 seem to work.

Opera and opie-camera do not. I seem to recall seeing a required link for opera somewhere. I suspect it is missing. What about opie-camera? Is there a link or should I simply un-install and reinstall?

Thanks,
Dan