*ALMOST* longing for Windows stability

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 12/11/06, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Ian Malone:
> >> Press e to edit the selected boot commands and add '3' to the
> >> end of the line that boots the kernel. Not entirely sure where
> >> this is documented, but a useful piece of knowledge (especially
> >> if you've forgotten the root password for a machine).
>
> Actually it's runlevel 1 you'd want, for that purpose.
>
> Arthur Pemberton:
> > Any reason this hasn't been made easier/more intuitive in grub yet? It
> > seems most of the time this is necessary, it is by someone who doesn't
> > know how to do it yet.
>
> The hotkeys for using GRUB are documented, they're even explained to you
> on the boot screens.
>
> Adding a runlevel option to the kernel line isn't a GRUB thing, it's
> kernel thing.  That's documented in the appropriate place, too.
>
> Altogether, they're documented in numerous places on the WWW, if you
> find the right keywords to search for.
>

Assume it's the person's only machine...if they don't know _what_ to
edit grub to, then they are pretty much screwed.

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