Thanks Tim, you pointed me in the right direction.
My problem was that I was just typing 'a' to add the word 'single' to
the whole 'thing'. I hadn't realised that this xen kernel had the kernel
down as a module! I had to choose the module line and *then* edit that
line and add the word 'single'.
I should look a bit closer when assume things :-)
Thanks,
Ross
-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-list-bounces(a)redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-
bounces(a)redhat.com] On Behalf Of Tim
Sent: 04 September 2006 14:19
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: Re: can't boot single user in FC5
On Mon, 2006-09-04 at 12:13 +0100, Macintyre, Ross A wrote:
> I've just upgraded a lab of machines to FC5 from FC2.
>
> In FC2 I could just add 'single' to the boot options at the grub
> prompt, but when I try this in FC5 it just boots up as normal.
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> I read that you might use these additions to the boot prompt: S, s,
1,
> single, e.
>
> None of them work.
In what way did you try adding them?
Taking FC4 as an example, but the same thing worked on a friend's FC5
box - if I hit the e key to temporarily edit the GRUB menu options
before booting, and add a 1 to the end of this line, it works:
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4 ro root=/dev/hda7 acpi=force
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(Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.)
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