Kevin wrote: | --- Claude Jones <claude_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: || I've pulled a real bad move. I stuck a three line || script into || rc.local It just changes directories and calls up a python || based server app for spam filtering. My screen just hangs when || I get to that part of the boot process. Shelling out just || leads to blank || screen. I need some way of getting access to || rc.local and editing || out those commands. Can someone help - I'm lucky in that it's || booting enough to provide DHCP and routing services so I can || send this email from my laptop. | | Can you <CTRL><ALT><F1> to a terminal and login? | No - it hangs just before it gets to the login screen. CTL-ALT-F1 does nothing. I had an older Knoppix CD here, but it can't read the drive with /etc on it... I also have an older ver Linux rescue floppy, but it won't boot... Claude Jones Levit & James, Inc./WTVS Leesburg, VA, USA