Smith, Herb wrote:
> Did you try booting the machine single user?
Sorry, not sure what you mean. It's a dual boot system and GRUB
allows me to choose Windoze XP or FC5, however, when I log on to FC5
I'm just a single user.
This probably won't help with your problem. It is just an explanation as
to what single user mode is.
Single user mode is one of the runlevels. There are three most commonly
used modes for operating modes. 1 is for single user and does not start
a lot of services. You only have one terminal. 3 is for multiuser but
does not start the GUI by default. you can start the GUI by typing
startx in one of the terminals that you are logged into. Runlevel 5
starts the display manager and also allows the terminals from screen
1-6. This is the default for usual installations.
# Runlevel 0 is halt.
# Runlevel 1 is single-user.
# Runlevels 2-5 are multi-user.
# Runlevel 6 is reboot
Anyway, to access single user mode. highlight the kernel choice that you
want to use. Press a for append in grub. Backspace out the rhgb quiet
reference and then press the spacebar once and then either add a number
1 or the word single to the grub line. Press enter and you should be
booted into single user.
You are the root user by default with the single user mode. You will
have one terminal and not a lot of services running.
Jim
Herb
