Toralf Lund wrote: > Tim wrote: > >> On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 14:47 +0100, Toralf Lund wrote: >> >> >>> I need to be able to start up the system in single user mode at least. >>> >> >> >> Stick a 1 on the end of the kernel line (edit the GRUB entry by pressing >> the e key when the GRUB menu appears) >> >> > Obviously, you missed my point. I know how to request single user mode. > The problem is that the system hangs in the hardware init phase i.e. > before it even gets to the stage where it would present me with a shell > in single user. > In that case, you are probably going to have to boot from a rescue CD. In single user mode, the network in not supposed to be initialized. Now, if you put the module for the NIC in /etc/modprobe.preload instead of creating an alias for it in /etc/modprobe.conf, then the system will try and load it every time it boots, instead of just when you try and bring up the interface. You could try using init=/bin/bash instead of 1 so that it skips all the init scripts. But I don't think that will help with a module in /etc/modprobe.preload. (I could be wrong - I don't remember how the modules in modprobe.preload are loaded...) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
