ctrl-c during boot != good

[Gilboa Davara]

On 9/27/06, Bowe Strickland <bowe at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> In /etc/inittab, i routinely move the getty for tty2 up to just beneath
> sysinit, and above the jump to a runlevel.  that way, on hangs, i can
> swith to vc2, log in and slay what i want...
>
> would this be a solution?
>
> 1) authentication is handled
> 2) it implies a hackish sort of interface, so that people who resort to
>    this know not to expect perfect results
> 3) people who know what they're doing don't have to sit twiddling their thumbs.
>
> --bowe
>

/+1
Very interesting solution.

Having access to vt and/or ssh right after rc.sysinit sound like a good idea.

Gilboa