Commanding rc.local not to run at boot..possible.?

[Claude Jones]

Mark Sargent wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> have a script in rc.local that hangs the machine at boot(I was seeing 
> if the system here at home would do the same as my work PC, which it 
> did, unfortunately). How can I instruct the boot process not to 
> process rc.local. Is it possible from the command line to do this, and 
> could you tell me what the command would be.? Knoppix3.7 doesn't 
> recognize LVM, so I can't mount the partition and make a change to 
> rc.local and booting with telinit 3 still gets the hang. Cheers.
>
> Mark Sargent.
>
I just went through this, and reading through the posts, I'm surprised 
no one mentioned this:
Right after the kernel is unpacked in the beginning of boot, you get a 
dialogue telling you to press 'I' for interactive mode. Do that, and 
each command in the bootup gives you a Y/N dialogue. rc.local should be 
the very last command, and it will say something like 'start local? Y|N' 
pressing N will bypass rc.local.

-- 
Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA