Disable network init on boot?

[Toralf Lund]

Toralf Lund wrote:

> Tim wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 14:47 +0100, Toralf Lund wrote:
>>  
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>>> I need to be able to start up the system in single user mode at least.
>>>   
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>> 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.

I found another way that might work in many cases, though: Insert "-b" 
instead, for "emergency mode". Unfortunately, this particular PC has a 
USB keyboard, and in that mode not even the USB controller is 
initialised. *Sigh*... But maybe I can find an USB-to-PS/2 converter... 
The alternative is of course to boot from install CD/DVD and start 
rescue mode, but I don't have one of those right here, either (and I 
don't think it ought to be necessary to resort to this.)

>
> - T
>